Hiring up

They always said the key to being a successful manager, is being smart enough to hire people smarter than I am. You have probably thought this through when hiring new people to work on your Team.  After all, the gaps that appear as we get older are pretty...

The Road Less Traveled

…Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference…Robert Frost (1874–1963) Why is it that the most prosperous road is the less traveled?Why is it that we so often choose the easy...

Integrity of Character

Character of The Rare Leader™ represents the sum of his or her  very core. Values, experience, knowledge and wisdom complete the dimension of “who I am”.  The combination of morality, values and ethics create a strength your Character consistent of being...

Moving from Charisma towards Integrity

You have spent a career climbing the leadership ladder.  Through your experiences and careful research, you have discovered a consistent pattern of behaviors predicting the potential of great success in a Leader. I call these twelve behaviors and characteristics...

Is Charisma your Hero?

February is nearing an end.  I pause and look at the beautiful fresh snow in my yard, and think of the perfection in front of me.  No two flakes alike…Is that true of people?  Is that true of Leaders?Charisma is one of the twelve behaviors of a...

Charisma builds Trust

“Beauty is but skin deep.”When poet John Davies of Hereford wrote this now famous saying in 1616, he was actually referring to a murder involving Sir Thomas Overbury.  We have taken this almost 400 year old phrase and excluded the remaining lines of the poem...