Category Archives: Changing the World

Blowing the Lid Off

When and where do leaders most add value? Now that’s a simple question with absolutely no well-defined answers. On one level it seems to have something to do with articulating the felt needs of some group of people and fostering conjoint action toward something the group wants: wealth, security, social justice, political influence, what have

To Reach Out, Reach In

There are times when the critical thing is to build — or rebuild — trust with another person, and you are the one who must initiate that work. Perhaps there is an active sense of mistrust in the relationship, maybe even a sense of betrayal. Or it maybe that there is only a lack of

Zinger on Zinger

To me, one of the greatest success stories on the web these days is David Zinger, who started the Employee Engagement Network. I had a chance to ask David a few questions about his experiences the other day. Here’s what he told me about discovering that he now finds himself leading a “movement.” . What

Is Leadership a Calling?

We often think of a calling as a job that doesn’t make much money but has public benefit. Ministers, teachers, social workers, artists of all kinds, as if this work should be done without pay precisely because of its intrinsic lack of self-interest. You know what I mean: a Vocation, capital V. Maybe the sort