In Our Thirst for Freedom…

Today, we cel­e­brate the life of Mar­tin Luther King, Jr, a rare leader who mobi­lized cat­alyt­ic ener­gies from the deep­est spir­i­tu­al stra­ta of human dig­ni­ty; whose non-vio­­lence and whose vision, so clear­ly artic­u­lat­ed in his “I Have A Dream” speech define what is best about Amer­i­ca by defin­ing what it could be. When I think of… Con­tin­ue read­ing In Our Thirst for Freedom…

The Illusion of Control

Chris’s com­ment about his own lead­er­ship edge offers a cru­cial lis­ten­ing point. You must have done a bit of work with your­self, Chris, to be help­ing peo­ple with ‘con­trol.’ I say this in all seri­ous­ness and with great respect because con­trol, in my book (and per­haps because of some of my own issues), is a… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Illu­sion of Control

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First Practice: Knowing Your Leadership Edge

For addi­tion­al con­text on this post, please refer to: The Prac­tice of Lead­er­ship Eight Lead­er­ship Prac­tices Sec­ond Prac­tice: Devel­op­ing Your Com­fort Lev­el with Feed­back Third Prac­tice: Car­ing for Self Fourth Prac­tice: Lead­er­ship and Influ­ence Fifth Prac­tice: Dis­cussing Undis­cuss­ables Sixth Prac­tice: On Col­lab­o­rat­ing Sev­enth Prac­tice: Per­son­al Integri­ty Eighth Prac­tice: Spir­i­tu­al Per­spec­tive What is your edge — the place… Con­tin­ue read­ing First Prac­tice: Know­ing Your Lead­er­ship Edge

Eight Leadership Practices

In my ear­li­er post on The Prac­tice of Lead­er­ship I iden­ti­fied eight prac­tices — com­mit­ments to action — that I believe can mean­ing­ful­ly shape a lead­er’s pres­ence. In eight sep­a­rate posts (not like­ly to be con­sec­u­tive) I intend to describe each of these in more detail and offer some sug­ges­tions about how to get start­ed.… Con­tin­ue read­ing Eight Lead­er­ship Practices