Do we have it wrong about attitude?
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As I watched my hometown team win its first-ever World Series it struck me how all the players credited their “will to win” and that very little was said about actual skill. Team members lined up to talk about “heart” and “perseverance.” One ebullient player said about the other […]
Pity the lowly manager.
We have a preponderant preoccupation with leaders, leadership and leading these days.
I did a quick Google search and found 30,200,000 pages mentioning “great leaders” and half that many for “great managers.”
We worship leaders and tolerate managers. Leaders are followed (often blindly) while managers are obeyed. Leaders […]
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This month I explore a practice the ancient Greeks knew as “akrasia” – or as we call these days “square peg in a round hole.”
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Counter Intelligence by Jim Seybert – February 2010
It looks like I am finally going to make good on my promise to get a Class B driver’s license, so I can join the transportation team at my church and volunteer to drive the bus. My schedule allows the flexibility and I love to drive, so it’s […]
I wasn’t paying attention when the vote was taken, but somewhere along the way leadership became the preeminent business buzz concept of the new millennium.
There are probably more blogs, tweets, books and seminars dealing with leadership than any other business related concept. Some authors have built huge empires by adding one or another derivation of […]
Your team has a greater likelihood of achieving its goals if everyone on the team concentrates -- not on maintaining a balance, but rather -- on playing their own part to the best of their ability.
This month marks the beginning of my ninth year as a private practice consultant. Nine years is longer than my tenure at any other job, so I just might be on to something. This month is also the end of a 6-month process of professional evaluation, leading to some significant changes to my business model. […]
This video news clip from somewhere in the southern US serves two purposes:
1) It’s just plain fun to watch, and
2) You can use it as a discussion starter for a dialog about strengths.
I came across the clip on YosemiteBlog and they found it on Kottke.org. Enjoy –
You Can Speak Your Mind, Just Not On My Time
We had dinner last month with my folks. Mom, who is in her mid-70s was complaining (comically) about people who don’t use email.
“I don’t see why these people can’t just sit down and send an email. Who has the time to write letters these days?”
Could you […]
The recession cloud that’s been hanging over us for the past year or so has given some people the opportunity to examine their strengths and start over in ways they’d only dreamt about when they were riding high.
Even in the best of times, there are people who wake up every morning wishing they could step […]