Month: March 2014

Leadership is not a Set of Skills, but a Way of Being

Have you been on the receiving end of someone’s professional leadership training, or even been that person trained in the latest, greatest, trying out your new skills on a subordinate? The scripted questioning and affirmation, the directed steps, and prescribed skill-set are all presented as tools for mastering leadership. It often sounds productive, and uses…
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Engage…Activate…Liftoff

Legend has it that during a visit to the NASA space center in 1962, President Kennedy noticed a janitor working across the room.  He interrupted his tour, walked over to the man and said, “Hi, I’m Jack Kennedy. What are you doing?” The janitor responded, “I’m helping put a man on the moon, Mr. President.”…
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