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Takeaways: Though “actions speak louder than words,” reactions can make or break your leadership potential. You can increase self-awareness (and improve your reactions) with practice. What happens when something doesn’t go your way? Perhaps it was something you were really counting on. If you’r...
“The Servant-Leader is servant first. . . . It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. . . . The best test, and difficult to administer is this: Do those served grow as persons? Do they, while being served, become...
Each month, the Lead Read Today team offers a review of a leadership book that is both helpful and trustworthy, and includes concepts that have been proven by leadership research. “You can motivate by fear. And you can motivate by reward. But both of these methods are only temporary. The only lastin...
Key Takeaways: Some leaders who are the recipients of venting subsequently release the negative emotions by mistreating their subordinates Other leaders, who take into account details of what they are hearing, like merit and other content, neither experience those negative emotions nor mistreat othe...
On October 2, the U.S. nuclear attack submarine USS Connecticut hit an unknown underwater object while operating submerged in the South China Sea. 11 sailors were injured in the collision forcing the Connecticut to limp back to Guam on the surface to assess the damage to the $3 billion warship. ...
In our book “The Mentor Leader,” Tony Dungy and I walk through seven “E’s” that are implemented by a “mentor leader,” which we define as a leader striving to create leaders and sustainable leadership. I was approached by an attendee after a recent corporate keynote address I gave who asked the reaso...
As we celebrate Women’s History month to honor the contributions of women, we should reflect on how business benefits from the full participation of women in all levels of the organization to drive innovation and performance forward. To understand how, we can start with the role of culture, specific...
Key Takeaways Trust leads to better performance . However, trust is a two-way street. Building a strong culture can build trust and improve organizational efficiency. The difference between successful and unsuccessful organizations often comes down to the ability to build a successful culture. Doin...
Key Takeaways The term, ‘self-care’ connotates negativity with some leaders, although research has demonstrated its value Leaders can best take care of others when they take care of themselves – even if they need to call it something else “Mark, I know we’re supposed to coach on my leadership philos...
Dr. Timothy Judge and his team at Fisher Leadership Initiative of the Ohio State University recently conducted a leadership landscape survey on 58 leadership scholars. One of the survey questions asked participants to write down as many as eight findings that they believe we have learned from the 10...
