I spend a lot of time talking about the intersection of preparation, opportunity, and luck in my book The Compass Solution: A Guide to Winning Your Career. Amazing how often seemingly minor events can change our lives. Sometimes they even change the world. The next time...
“Absolute power corrupts absolutely.” – Sir John Dalberg-Acton Timeless wisdom and arguably more true today than ever before – its symptoms manifest themselves everyday in the form of arrogance, condescension, and narcissism – and it has brought down countless leaders over the ages. I invest a lot...
Walter blearily looked over at the alarm clock and fell back into his pillow – this was a bad dream, he told himself. 4:30 in the morning - time for his paper route to get underway. He looked over to his brother and heard him moan...
Well, Hawaii’s Emergency Management Agency had an interesting weekend. Thirty eight minutes of panic for our 50th state around a false ballistics missile launch – made more egregious by the fact that: Not all citizens were made aware of the perceived threat to begin with –...
The Doctor Who Changed History Conan really wasn’t cut out to be a physician. He knew that – even if his family didn’t. But here he was, stuck in a practice that was failing and in a career that was going nowhere. There were debts to pay...
With special thanks to author Nancy Koehn, whose book, Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership should be a mandatory read for every individual who honors and respects its influence on history. Koehn offers the story of five people whose leadership journeys are simultaneously...
I watched an interesting case study in leadership last night – though it would be easy to confuse it as being just another movie. Darkest Hour follows the exploits of newly minted Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the early days of WWII – and reminds...
Less than a week into the new year and there will likely be one consistent lament from a great many employees in these critical first hours of 2018 – too much work and too little time to get it done. A number of years back...
All things being equal, a company with great leadership is more likely to win the war. All things not being equal, a company with great leadership is far more likely to win the war. Want to know the best predictor of your company’s success over...
Your career path will be littered by the bodies of those who lament, "If I only had met one great manager along the way...