Tonight, I’ve been given an amazing gift – the chance to co-host the massively popular #leadfromwithin tweet chat with Lolly Daskal. Lolly has attracted 350,000+ Twitter followers with her messages of heart-centered leadership. She’s a writer, a speaker and a coach whose ideas drew me in over three years ago when I first joined Twitter….
Leadership
Ignite the Leader Within You
Leadership is a tough gig. I’m not talking about being in “management”, although that is a really tough job too. What I mean is leading – stepping up, making the tough calls, doing the right thing even when nobody’s looking. Are you a leader? Even if you don’t have an official leadership title, I bet…
Leadership Assessments – Self-Scoring vs 360 Degree
Chances are, at some point in your career, you’ve been asked to complete a leadership assessment – either for yourself, or rating someone else’s leadership abilities. Based on your experience, you might have found the exercise enlightening or a waste of time not-so-great. People are naturally skeptical about assessments and for good reason – I’ve…
26 Ways to Be a Better Boss
I asked people, “What makes a bad boss?” Roy Atkinson came up with this gem: A bad boss is terrific to learn from: do the opposite of everything they do and you will do well. Here are 26 “bad boss” behaviors – flipped and turned into positive qualities. A good boss: Respects me…
Leadership Development Carnival – NFL Edition
It’s time for the Leadership Development Carnival again. This month, regular carnival host Dan McCarthy kicks off the September carnival with an NFL-theme. Dan has organized the posts into the NFL divisions and each blogger featured offered up his or her favorite team. Even if you’re not a big football fan (I had to ask…