Category: Self Leadership
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Why Do We Need to Develop Professionally?
Have you ever played with a child? I have eleven nieces and nephews and two children of my own and each of them is very different. However, they all liked to play peek-a-boo when they were tiny tots. I could have hidden behind those hands and then suddenly revealed myself for hours with a giggle…
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Leaders Set the Tone
“Come on, we have to get this done to get the boss off of my back!” We have all experienced this scenario in our careers at one point. Maybe we were even the person saying this. Upon hearing our leader say something like this, we get an instant sense of stress. This does not help…
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Love ‘em Hard
“Love ‘em hard son” There’s something you don’t hear every day. On a stretch of interstate 95 northbound and somewhere just inside of Virginia, I was offered this odd sounding nugget of wisdom. To be clear…I’m a maintainer, and I like maintainer things. I was raised a maintainer, taught to think and act like a…
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A leader’s credible reputation
Read any number of books on leadership and you are guaranteed to run into a segment discussing the importance of leadership credibility. There are a number of ways suggested that the leader attain credibility in the eyes of his or her subordinates. That credibility is crucial in gaining more than just compliance from your subordinates. …
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Culture Drives Values
All Airmen are taught the core values and continue to have them infused each and every day. What is sometimes forgotten is how the culture of an organization can impact our values. On a routine basis, I sit with the pipeline Airmen that train at our schoolhouse. These students are only a month or so…
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Power Distance and Communication Barriers
Most people become introverted when they talk to their organization’s leadership. It is a common reaction to this situation; it is also a barrier to real and effective communication. Power distance creates this barrier. Power distance is the degree to which it is agreed that power should be distributed unequally and favor those at higher…
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The Third Option
Making decisions is one of the most important functions of being a leader; it is also the hardest. As leaders or even as subordinates; we are faced with problems constantly. When we are, two options always seem to pop-up. They are often rooted in can or cannot. When my wife and I bought our home…
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