Digital and Analog: How Using Both Can Make You More Productive
This week I want to take a quick break from leadership topics and write about organization. Living in the “Information Age” has almost everyone overwhelmed. This is especially true for the leader. Without focus, the leader is scattered. With focus, leaders can pour their energy into what matters, most notably connecting with other people. There […]
Subconscious Performance
The Reverend Bill Graham once said, “A golf course is an island of peace in a world often full of confusion and turmoil.” At no time in my life has this been more true than in 2020. Yet, even in the midst of all the beauty, splendor, and peace, golf has always been instructional. It […]
Doing the Difficult
Like every other leader I know, my plan for 2020 was blown up when COVID-19 took precedence. Everything changed, including how I was to spend my time the rest of the year. Gone were major trade shows, in-person meetings, and speaking engagements. In was much more time at home and the office. A few months […]
The Un-pause Button
There is no pause button in life. Yet, 2020 has felt like there is. We have passed the point where I need to list all the examples of conferences, events, and trips being cancelled or moved. The pauses have made sense in most cases. But as the summer months wore on, and as COVID-19 demonstrated […]
Special Post: What I learned from having COVID-19
This is the second post I have tried writing about my experience with COVID-19. I discarded the first because it felt inauthentic. There is a lot to say about COVID-19, my experience with it, and what I learned. What follows is just me being real. Most people want to know how serious my case was […]
Define Go
GPS technology only works when two factors are present: An accurate “current location,” and an exact address for point of destination. The word success is vague and means something different to most people. It is like setting up your GPS to go “that way.” (As an aside, “that way” is apparently a place on WAZE […]
The Big “AH HA”
Leadership podcasts, events, and books, are all worthwhile. Executive coaching, peer groups, and especially accountability partners, are also vital. But the big “AH HA” happens when…. Wait for it… It is so easy you may miss it… The big “AH HA” happens when you DO THE WORK. You… Do what you have read. Do what […]
The Learning Process
When does learning take place? Does it take place when information is acquired? What about when the information is acted upon? Or, is it even sometime later? Learning happens after feedback: It is only when the information is acted upon, feedback given, and a response made, that learning occurs. Learning, after all, is THE response. […]
The Leadership Mandate
The mandate of leadership is to move something, or someone, from position A to position B. In other words, where no movement is needed, no leader is needed. Leadership is then the process of achieving goals with and through other people. In other words, no other people, no leader. This is why the leader’s most […]
Walking Across the Office…
A couple months ago I asked Bald in Business subscribers for summer post ideas. One subscriber, Roy, shared a story that stood out during this time of division. The purchasing agent at Roy’s last company was someone “not well liked” by many in the office. Apparently, many people considered him a road block inside their […]