“But they are like family to me!” You hear this phrase or something like it when people speak about their work relationships. Hell, I’ve been guilty of saying it in one form or another. It is sorta sad to think about it, but we often spend more time in the company of our colleagues than…
If you couldn’t tell, I’m a huge advocate of leadership. It creates value. It is a force multiplier. It improves cohesion. But, contrary to popular misconception… Power is not leadership. Leadership, I mean “good” leadership, includes a component of ethics where power is more often a tool wielded to change behavior at whatever cost. Let’s…
“Cause of death?” “The heart stopped.” If you are a CSI fan, a fan of the spinoffs, forensic or crime documentaries, or any other show or movie of the genre, you’ve probably watched hundreds of hours of forensic science. You’re practically a coroner! Forget all of the testing, the gruesome details of each case, the…
In class, leadership seems all so simple. It is in black and white. There are diagrams. One chapter seems to lead logically to another. Like any new practical skill, the theory is not the same as practice. Is leadership a science or is it an art? Excluding the “mystic” part, I have come to realize…
Leadership, like any human attribute, comes down to DNA and culture – Nature versus Nurture. I am firmly convinced that every skill necessary to be a great leader can, unequivocally, be learned and mastered by anyone. Full stop. That is the “Nurture” part. The skills and the theory represent a limited field of knowledge. With…