I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. —Stephen Covey I just finished a book that completely rocked my world. It is one of the most important books I have ever read and it allowed me to better understand the difficulty of leadership. We all hear the cliches: "leadership is lonely”, “leadership is hard”, leadership is far from glamorous but what I have discovered is that it is never the act of leading that is the problem. The problem is how we do … [Read more...]
Weigh, Don’t Measure
You do not count your critics, you weigh them. - Dr. Henry Cloud Feedback is critical. Only companies that are foolish aren’t getting continuous feedback. But – as leaders, we have to remember that we weigh feedback, we don’t measure it – especially in today’s world of anonymous surveys and nameless comments. The weight of feedback from a group of people is not equal. The relationship they have to you or your company is not equal. And there will always be at least one person who dislikes … [Read more...]