When it comes to email, I am an inbox-zero kind of guy. If I haven’t cleared my emails by the end of the day, I feel frustrated and borderline anxious. This obviously presents challenges at times because some emails are too complicated to be addressed quickly. I’ve noticed that all it takes is a few of these challenging, complex emails…
In his new data-driven book How to Work with Complicated People, speaker and bestselling author Ryan Leak shares powerful collaboration strategies so that you can work effectively with nearly anyone. This blog post has been adapted from chapter 1. You can pre-order your copy here. Think about all the people who cycle through your workday: clients, customers, coworkers, bosses, employees,…
Leadership is influence. It’s not about your title, your tenure, or your talents. It’s influence. We hear that, and logically we believe it… but do we act on it? And how do we increase our influence, anyway? Before we can maximize influence, we need to start with understanding the five levels of leadership. This is one of the foundations of…
We hear this all the time in our line of work, that people want a seat at the leadership table in their organizations. I hear it all the time in my own organization! And here’s the thing—I love that someone has that aspiration. At the same time, I wonder what’s going on behind the scenes to earn it. Are you…
One hundred and ten feet straight up, no option to turn back, and enemy bullets raining down from above. This was the situation facing what President Ronald Reagan called “the boys of Pointe du Hoc.” June 6, 1944, which we all remember as D-Day, was a critical turning point in World War II. For these Army Rangers who landed on…
When we talk about seeing into the future, we’re not talking about being psychic, but rather, how does a leader see the future? If 2020 taught us anything, it was that when one door closes, we need to see what other doors may now be open or accessible—what now becomes possible? John Maxwell teaches that a leader is one who…
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