engagement – Inciting Leaders

Do you want to spend your time doing $10,000 an hour thinking or $10 an hour tasks?

Last week my teenage son was at a ski competition at Taos Ski Valley and he brought home a ski hat with “Janitor” across the front. While the hat was nice, I was really curious about why it said “Janitor.” My son shared that the founder of Taos Ski Valley, Ernie Blake, used to wearContinue reading “Do you want to spend your time doing $10,000 an hour thinking or $10 an hour tasks?”

Crafting Your Leadership Story: A How-to Guide

This is an interesting article developed by some of my colleagues at Linkage: Crafting Your Leadership Story: A How-to Guide This is some really excellent work around developing and crafting your leadership story. The link to a PDF features a 3-part exercise that encourages self-reflection and storytelling to create a compelling leadership vision. Let meContinue reading “Crafting Your Leadership Story: A How-to Guide”

Your Leadership Role as a Coach

I’m a big fan of the leadership definition: “While the job of a manager is to get work done through people, the job of a leader is to develop people through work.” What this means is that as a leader, one of the most critical roles you have is to coach and develop your talent.Continue reading “Your Leadership Role as a Coach”

What’s your “Man on the moon”?

I’ve spent the last few weeks working with an Accounting Team at an energy company. We’ve spent some time discussing vision and purpose. During our conversations, I was reminded of the old story of the journalist who visited NASA in the 60’s, who was writing about the space program and the growing organization. As theContinue reading “What’s your “Man on the moon”?”

Are you Fueling or Steering Your Employees?

Earlier this week I was listening to a webinar on parenting adolescence and the speaker suggested and interesting concept that for parenting tweens and teens that I believe has great application to working with employees. When parenting and leading people at work, it is critical to manage the balance between steering and fueling. By usingContinue reading “Are you Fueling or Steering Your Employees?”