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The best leaders I know are superb at managing energy (their own and that of the organization). Here are some of the daily disciplines they leverage: Relentless focus on the Vision and clarity of direction Continual thinking, dialogue, and action toward improvement...

The best leaders I know, in both personal life and professional, are masterful inquirers. At almost every encounter with members of the team, they find a way to ask questions that keep us focused both on the direction we're heading and the way we are spending our...

Doing good is harder than not. Adopting good habits is more difficult than the opposite. Choosing service over self-interest is an extremely onerous commitment. Creating ecologically sustainable systems is tougher than consumptive practice. Insisting on fairness and...

We make thousands of decisions each day. The higher up the leadership ladder we reside, the number of decisions grows. Well-crafted policy and ethical judgment are key to making sound and consequential decisions. Those are foundational to efficacious day-to-day...

The best leaders I know are With-It kind of people. And not only in the usual sense that they're up to speed and paying attention. With-It leaders understand that important work is never done alone. Thus, they continually express an inclusive message of team effort,...

Every team seems to have at least one member intent upon being the Non-Solver, the one who identifies problems then sits back to let others try to figure out how to come up with solutions. Some pretty smart leaders I know don't let folks get away with such...

Causing others to think and act is a fundamental responsibility of leadership. Some choose to engage in those causative acts through manipulation, others through influence. Consider this continuum (with sum corollary descriptors): Manipulation <<<<<...

Much has been written about the concept of Servant Leadership. Whole books. Many whole books, in fact. Some of the most emulatable Servant Leaders I know demonstrate some very powerful common attributes: We Language - Their language is always inclusive and...

Some folks I know work intentionally, daily, relentlessly to get BETTER. Almost everyone I know that fits that description does so through a disciplined, continual LEARNING journey. They seem dedicated to making themselves better, in the interest of making our world...