[October 6, 2017] Trustworthiness … it all boils down to whether people trust a leader and that trust becomes the interconnectedness of reliability, believability, and respectability. We have all seen it. Each of us has had the displeasure to observe the destruction that lazy leadership brings the workplace, the home, and those things we’ve built. It destroys trustworthiness.… Read More »
[October 4, 2017] My wife has me watching a British detective series called Inspector Lewis. It must have been successful because it went nine seasons. In this episode, while visiting a police officer in the hospital, Inspector Lewis gives an injured officer a box of chocolates but realizes she is allergic to them. Lewis asks why his Sergeant… Read More »
[September 28, 2017] I was approached yesterday by a group of young military veterans attending a local college to ask if I had any advice on how to address the recent surge in disrespect of people across this nation. My answer was that the solution is in the long-term and not about those who now show disrespect to… Read More »
[September 26, 2017] There is no denying that all leaders live in a bubble to some extent where accurate and timely information struggles to get to them. A big leadership challenge is whether they are taking effective steps to overcome the disadvantages associated with it. When leaders fail, often spectacularly, it can be often traced back to their… Read More »
[September 21, 2017] Last year I stopped watching NFL football. Like all my friends, we are not going to support an organization (or its advertisers) that encourages disrespect of our nation, our military, our flag, and pokes us in the eye every time we watch them at work. But while I visited relatives from Texas and out of… Read More »
By guest blogger Sadako Red [see disclaimer] [September 19, 2017] In the small circle of government-inspired writers, it is exciting – in its own tortuous way – to know that that you’ve reached an apex of bloggership when theLeaderMaker.com website gives you a special moniker that looks like a cat (smart, sly, seductive) and allows any topic as… Read More »
[September 18, 2017] Warning for those with a fragile mind, hypersensitivity to reading things about events during the U.S. Civil War, or are a college “snowflake” … this book review may cause you to require mental counseling. I’m just kidding of course; as I don’t expect readers of this leadership blog to be such a person. Today’s review… Read More »
[September 14, 2017] My young son loved watching early morning television and his favorite show was Barney & Friends (see official site link here). In addition, he had a Barney stuffed animal which he slept with until he was about 8 years old. The character Barney, like some leaders today, spends his time playing it safe. For a… Read More »
[September 7, 2017] Those who have fought in war possess a unique perspective on the duty one holds when in combat with the enemy. War has a deep impact on those who are involved in the violence, more so than commonly understood. Success, however, is determined by those traits we possess prior to battle, not those developed within. … Read More »
[September 6, 2017] Greatness comes in many forms; as well as leadership exhibiting courage, sacrifice, and honor. Many words of prominence have also described the heroic efforts of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II and rightly so. Their motto … Go for Broke.1 “The Nisei troops are among the best in the United States Army… Read More »