As a leader, would you take a bullet to the head for your beliefs? In a sense, that’s what Malala Yousafzai did when, in 2012, members of the Taliban shot her while she returned from school. What was Malala’s perceived “crime”? She dared to write publicly that girls should have a right to be educated….
Why We Hate Conference Calls [video]
When it comes to phone conferences, clueless people and technology conspire to create many deadly phone conferencing sins. What would it look like if your conference call took place in real life? That’s what Mashable envisioned when they put together this hilarious video. Take a look and then share with me in the comments section: what’s…
Leadership Self-Control – Are You About to Lose It?
When it comes to exercising restraint as a leader, think of your self-control like a car’s gas tank: you’ve got to look at the gas gauge once in a while to see if you’re running on “empty”. That’s the analogy I use on my monthly Smartblog on Leadership post about ways to avoid losing your…
5 Tips for Building a Successful Blog
What makes a blog “successful”? You can slice that definition any number of ways. For me, it’s a combination of three things: Engagement: how many people share the blog socially and comment on the blog? Opportunity creation: in what ways did the blog create opportunities for me professionally? Practicing the craft: how can I build…
25 Stories About Leadership Giving
The best leaders give – of themselves, of their wisdom and of their time. Karin Hurt, of the Let’s Grow Leaders blog, did a very creative blog carnival this month. She asked leadership bloggers to write about leadership “gifts”, leaving the definition of gift open to interpretation. What emerged are 25 very different takes on…