Go Have Some Fun, to be a better leader

Maybe, “have fun” should have been leadership behavior #1. Given that I often get the feedback like “smile more,” “tell us how excited you are to be here” and “you look so serious” fun can be in shadow for me. Could it be in shadow for you too? Flavor Fatigue Yes,...

Writing on Empty

As I type these words I am sad and grouchy and irritable, and all around extremely uncomfortable. I just barked at my son for not charging the laptop after he used it. I just spilled coffee beans all over the counter as I was readying the pot for the morning. In the...

Want to Be a Better Leader? Grow!

Leadership growth is personal growth. Because leadership growth is really the outward expression your growth. Thanks for having followed along. We’ve covered a lot of ground in this nine-part email series. To recap, The Leadership Challenge is: Leaders tell on...

From the Department of Lawyers

The human brain has evolved a “negativity bias”, which serves to keeps us safe. We are innately suspicious of new situations, and once burned, we are forever twice shy. Of course, this is a survival trait, and very handy! But when I went to law school, I...

Which Life Are You Living?

“Most of us have two lives: the life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.” I remember exactly where I was standing in Powell’s Bookstore when I read the words of Steven Pressfield in the War of Art. The War of Art, Do The Work,...