The Code
Leaders do what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, whether they feel like it or not. They are not so much men and women of steel […]
Leaders do what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, whether they feel like it or not. They are not so much men and women of steel […]
When deadlines are looming and economic storms are raging, a leader walks toward the difficulty. Walking a team through challenging times requires a leader who takes the first step. Courage
Leaders know diversity is about raising, not lowering, the standard. Teams are measured by the diversity [ethnicity, gender, experience and thinking style] they attain — and the unity they retain.
Leaders know the power of passion. Caring passionately whittles the world down to a more manageable size. It places the spotlight on what can be done, rather than on what
Leaders trust themselves. They know what they know; and, they know what they don’t know. They are honest with themselves about both. They know when to leverage their knowledge and
Leaders know fear causes people to do the quick and easy thing. Leaders face and manage their fears. Even when alarmed on the inside, leaders keep a steady hand on
For untold centuries, one of the most important trees in the American food chain and in forests from Maine to Mississippi was the wild American Chestnut tree. Estimates show there
Marvin Pipkin was a legendary engineer at General Electric. When he first got started at GE, a few of the other engineers decided to play a joke on him. They
You may recognize the letters “QWERTYUIOP.” If you think about your keyboard, you will recognize them as the sequence of the first row of letters. Because the keyboard is a
Upon hearing of his reported death, Mark Twain famously commented: Rumors of my demise are greatly exaggerated. Leaders’ know that “saying it’s so, don’t make it so!” An opinion can