Do you want a free chapter of my new book, Salvaged: Leadership Lessons Pulled From the Junkyard? The publisher has given me permission to share it with a few folks, so you can download it. It’s actually a very generous offer — it includes Bob Goff’s foreword, my Introduction (which
If you haven’t picked up a copy of Doris Kearns Goodwin’s new book Leadership: In Turbulent Times then I highly recommend it. I’m currently reading it and can’t put it down (okay, so I’m actually listening to the audiobook, but I still can’t turn it off!). The author profiles four Presidents
In my upcoming book Salvaged there’s a chapter focused on the power of asking good questions. A recent question I asked of a young man who wanted to be mentored is a case in point. He’s in his mid-30’s, an intelligent guy, married with kids, doing his best to live
If you’d like to help my book Salvaged get off to a rousing release, please consider joining my book launch team! I’m looking for folks who will help get the word out about the book. Could be social media, hosting an event, blogging, podcast or …. well, send me your creative ideas!
A simple way to broaden your leadership impact is to give your team the opportunity to be wrong. The old mantra “you learn from your mistakes” can be taken to an extreme of course — we should probably learn far more from our successes. But being wrong about something and
Hopefully we can all agree that ownership matters to the success or failure of an endeavor. But I think we still undervalue the importance of ownership. You may have heard the old maxim, “Leadership casts a long shadow.” Indeed it does. Anyone who has worked under wise and responsible leadership
The marketing for Salvaged will kick into gear soon, and I need your help creating a top ten leadership list. This will be a free downloadable chapter in exchange for email address, so it needs to be of real value. The title needs to grab attention, be mildly edgy, and
The American Church seems in disarray. I suppose the Church has had problems from the beginning, has them now, and will have them for quite some time. But right now it does seem especially, well, sad to see what’s happening. At times like this it is reassuring to find solace in