I had a meeting last week with the COO of a $8 billion+ company who squeezed in a meeting with my partner and I in the midst of 26 in-person customer calls, internal development work, and a 6-month tour of duty with bankers. He’s a competent individual—any assessment tool would pick up on a number [...]
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For me, the idea of conscious business leadership has always been front and center of my philosophy: do it right, mess it up, find; just do it the way you intend to do it. Sort of a pragmatic take on the concept, but there you go. For a growing number of people, the idea of [...]
Here’s what you can learn about leadership from G ‘n’ R: Nothing. I love the band, but it’s pure escapism for me. Every listen to the lyrics of “Welcome to the Jungle?” Their world’s a pretty raw place—no leadership there, just raw animalistic tendencies. And how about “Sweet Child o’ Mine”? What a great song. [...]
Yesterday, I had the honor of being the opening speaker at the Omaha Chamber of Commerce’s Young Professional’s Summit. Great event, great people, lots of observations I could share. Here’s one that really stood out for me: At lunch, a number of sponsoring organizations spoke and showed videos. These were highly polished, tightly scripted videos. [...]
Leaders, please be sure that you have sufficient gravitas to provide a center of gravity for your team. Because if your followers aren’t orbiting you, they’re spinning off into space. And that’s not good for anyone. Jason Seiden is Co-founder and CEO of Ajax Social Media, a training company that shows professionals how use [...]
Alphas are never wrong. They have no flight instinct—it’s all fight—so when confronted with the possibility of being in the wrong, they lash out. They attack the data, they attack the accusers, they attack those on the sidelines watching the proceedings. Fight, fight, fight… and they keep fighting until they either wear down their opponent, [...]
Last week, I came across this brief article about the discovery a sixth sense that links some couples together. Basically, some couples are so close that they don’t just know what the other one is about to say; they become physiologically aligned. As a long time believer that such forces are out there, and as [...]
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