Leaders: How Do You Look at Seniority?

Have you heard this statement before? It is: “I have seniority.” So what do you mean exactly by “seniority? And why does this matter? sen·ior·i·ty    [seen-yawr-i-tee, -yor-] noun 1. the state of being senior;  priority of birth; superior age. 2. priority, precedence, or status obtained as the result of a person’s length of service, as in a profession, trade,company, or union. Barring unionized workforces, I just don’t believe this statement has as much meaning as it used to.  I remember, at the time I was coming into [...]

Top Gun Leadership: You Are Not Alone

From the 1986 movie Top Gun: “- Maverick, call the ball.” “- Roger.  Maverick has the ball.” Even though you may think that you re in charge and that you are the only thing that matters, you need to take a look around you and think again . . . Because you’re wrong. You Are [...]

Leadership Storyboarding

People become leaders – by title – because they’re good at . . . well, leading.  Well, in addition to this… you also need to be good at organizing, counseling, and many other things.   But for now, I just want to focus on organizing. Organizing projects and processes, that is. Organizing Formats As a [...]

On Leadership and Santa Claus, CEO

Have you ever run into a leader who had no daily strategy; no plan; no focus; and no idea how to approach getting organized at all? Yeah, me too… Working without a strategy is like setting sail across the Atlantic Ocean with no charts (or GPS) and no idea what your destination looks like, and [...]

Leadership: How to Make an Elephant Fly

“I seen a peanut stand, heard a rubber band, I seen a needle that winked its eye. But I be done seen ‘bout ev’rything When I see an elephant fly.”                                                   [...]

Take Me To Your Leader

Okay. How many of you just read the title of this blogacle sounding like an alien or a robot?  C’mon, I know you did. That “joke” has been around for so long, it’s just become a habit.  Kind of like our own greetings to one another. “Good morning.”  “Morning.”  “Good afternoon.”  “How ya doin?”  We [...]

Go Back, To Go Forward

“Take a step back to go forward? Are you nuts?” Well . . . that’s beside the point. But I am serious. It’s a Directional Thing Sometimes you have to go backward to go forward. And good leaders realize this. How many times have you been driving your car someplace and suddenly realized that you [...]

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