As the pandemic fades, people are returning to a new, hybrid workplace—where some are working from home and others are back in the office. To guide leaders through in this unfamiliar territory, our company has been offering a series of free, helpful webinars. You can sign up for them here. Whether we want to admit […]
Determining Your Personal Values
For the past couple of blogs, I’ve been writing about the three-step process of creating a compelling personal vision. We’ve explored the first step: writing your life purpose. My last blog showed how to complete the second step: envisioning your picture of the future. This week I’ll explain the third and final part of creating […]
Your Personal Picture of the Future
There are three parts to a compelling personal vision: your life purpose, your picture of the future, and your values. In my last blog post, I detailed a four-step process to help you write your personal life purpose statement. The second part of creating a compelling personal vision is to come up with your personal […]
Finding Your Significant Purpose
Maybe it’s happened to you: You have a vision of what you want to accomplish. You begin to tackle the job. Suddenly, hours have flown by and you’re astonished by what you’ve achieved. When work is connected to what we deeply desire, we can tap into energy and creativity we don’t even know we have. […]
What’s Your Leadership Point of View?
Margie and I recently spent a wonderful weekend teaching our “Determining Your Leadership Point of View” class at the University of San Diego. It’s part of the Master of Science in Executive Leadership (MSEL) degree program offered by USD in partnership with our company. I often start off training sessions with managers by asking: “How […]
Now More Than Ever: A Leadership Vision for America
Several years ago, I was struck by how many people were expressing disappointment with what was going on in Washington. No matter which side of the political fence they were on, people agreed that special interests and partisan gridlock were hurting our nation’s ability to govern itself. It occurred to me that four leadership secrets I’d […]
It May Be Time To Revisit Your Vision
Multiple priorities. Duplication of efforts. False starts. Wasted energy. Do any of these working conditions sound familiar? If so, it may be time to revisit your three-part vision: What is your purpose? What will the future look like if you are successful? What values will guide you as you work toward your picture of […]
Is there such a thing as servant leadership in government?
(This is the eleventh installment in my twelve-part blog series A Leadership Vision for America.) I realize that what I have been saying about creating a servant leadership culture in Washington is not easy to sell. To a lot of people, it sounds like “soft management.” When I am confronted by these kinds of concerns, I […]
Elect Servant Leaders
(This is the tenth installment in my twelve-part blog series A Leadership Vision for America.) Now let’s look at the fourth and final secret for fixing Washington. This secret will encompass and bring to life the first three secrets. The Fourth Secret: Elect Servant Leaders Assumption: The more that our leaders are in Washington to serve […]
Bounded Set Thinking vs. Centered Set Thinking
(This is the ninth installment in my twelve-part blog series A Leadership Vision for America.) In my last post I stated that business and government can’t solve all of America’s problems by themselves. Ideally, our leaders in Washington would involve every sector of society in problem solving. The three sectors encompass nine different domains: The Public […]