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The Virtue of the Silent Leader, By Dr. Tony Baron
Over the past 10 years, I have been honored to explore and debate the essence of power with Dr. Tony Baron. Specifically, how power impacts leadership, how leadership impacts culture, and, ultimately, how culture impacts performance. With a double doctorate in psychology...
3 Principles of Servant Leadership: Part 3 – Leaders Live in the Question
In this series, I have been writing about my journey in servant leadership, the style of leadership that reverses the polarity of power. One of my guidebooks was Robert K. Greenleaf’s 1970 essay, The Servant as Leader. In this week’s post, I will discuss Principle 3:...
3 Principles of Servant Leadership: Part 2 – Leadership is Influence
In this series, I have been writing about my journey in servant leadership, the style of leadership that reverses the polarity of power. My guidebooks were Robert K. Greenleaf’s 1970 essay, The Servant as Leader, and the biography Robert K. Greenleaf: A Life of Servant...
3 Principles of Servant Leadership: Part 1 – To Serve or Lead
A few weeks ago, I summarized my Top 10 Takeaways from the 2013 Greenleaf Conference. The conference is based on the teachings of Robert K. Greenleaf who coined the phrase servant leadership in the 1960s. I have been a student of this style of leadership for most of the...
The Daily Ritual of Intentional Leadership
Some time ago, I heard Ken Blanchard talk about intentional leadership. He described the typical scene each morning when our alarm clocks go off. We jerk out of bed and start rushing through our morning routines – leaving coffee rings, toast crumbs, and splattered...
3 Essentials for Mastering Leadership Excellence
We’ve all come across them. Those leaders who people naturally gravitate toward. Though it seems counterintuitive, the magnetic effect these leaders have on people is not because of how people feel about the leader. It’s because of how the leader makes people feel about...
My Top 10 Takeaways from the 2013 Greenleaf Leadership Conference
Kevin Monroe, Sheri Nasim, Dr. Tony Baron, and Larry Spears Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the Greenleaf International Annual Conference in Indianapolis. The conference is based on the teachings of Robert K. Greenleaf who coined the concept of servant...
Leadership by Imitation
William Thackeray said, “the world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.” This observation goes double for leaders. Successful leaders understand the power of the “law of imitation.” This law holds that your actions, behaviors,...
Are You Still Listening? A Leadership Lesson from Pandora
I concentrate better with music playing in the background. I especially enjoy dropping in the name of a song or artist on Pandora Radio and letting it find music with interesting similarities. Pandora happily plays whatever I’m in the mood for while I work away, until ....
A Pharaoh Walks into a Bar
There once was a Pharaoh who went out to inspect the progress of two pyramids. The first pyramid was a mess! The blocks were uneven, the ramps were unstable, oxen were milling about… The Pharaoh stopped a nearby worker and asked, “What is your job?” The worker replied, “I...
Listen or Fail
Let’s face it. Most of us are terrible listeners. As we fought our way up the corporate food chain, our conversations were opportunities to prove our intellectual prowess. We wanted to get ahead and stay ahead, and that meant convincing others that our ideas were the...
Moving with Purpose, By Dr. Tony Baron
Over the past 10 years, I have been honored to explore and debate the essence of power with Dr. Tony Baron. Specifically, how power impacts leadership, how leadership impacts culture, and, ultimately, how culture impacts performance. With a double doctorate in psychology...