In my training and consulting work, I am frequently and discreetly told during breaks “I didn’t handle myself too well this morning” or “I was so frustrated with my team yesterday, I just screamed at them.”  When I hear comments such as these, I ask the confessor, “So, did you admit to them that you messed up?” More often than not, I am answered with a guilty look and a hushed “No.” One of the most respected qualities of a leader is honesty. If we cannot be honest with others when we make a mistake, we are not leaders;...
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I recently bumped into “Terry,” the president of a company I worked with four years ago.  During my engagement with them, we’d done strategic planning, leadership succession planning, and lots of management team and systems development (i.e., process and procedures development and management training). Because it’d been awhile since I’d worked with them, I asked, “How are things going?” Terry looked embarrassed, hesitated, and then said, “Well to be honest, we’re drifting off-track a bit….I’m travelling a lot these days so I’m not spending the time with the management team I need to. We’ve lost money the past three...
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We have a special guest on the blog today. Technology expert Gina Schreck, founder of Synapse. Gina has written a terrific article that we’d like to share with you.   Leaders: Why Your Organization Should Not Be Using Social Media By Gina Schreck I am a social media nut… I’ll be the first to admit it. I share photos on Instagram, post tips on Twitter, answer questions on Facebook, scan every QR Code that I encounter, and I love checking in on Foursquare to try and rip the Mayoral Robe from the curent reigning leader. So when I am...
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