Personal Development
In our series of "Being a Jerk as a Leader," we talk about various traits of the right kind of "jerk." This article, "Being a Jerk as a Leader: Why You Must Maintain Consistency," covers how you should be consistent in your leadership. Leadership isn't supposed to be popular. Leaders have to make decisions which aren't [...]
In our series of "Being a Jerk as a Leader," we are talking about various traits of the right kind of "jerk." This article, "Being a Jerk as a Leader: Why You Must Maintain Balance," covers the balance in our lives. If you think that being a jerk is not a great leadership trait, you might [...]
Sometimes being a jerk is needed. In this article, "Being a Jerk as a Leader: When You Need It," let's talk about why it's more than okay to be a jerk as a leader. In an article written by Patrick Lencioni, author of the book "The Five Dysfunctions as a Team", he shares an experience with [...]
Virtually all of us leaders want to be liked. After all, who wants to be called a jerk? So why would we want to be called a jerk? Is it that effective? Well . . . maybe if we want to be successful and highly profitable. Consider these names: Steve Jobs - as one of the [...]
In this latest blog article about “Being a Jerk as a Leader”, we cover why it is important for success. To be successful demands a level of ruthless thinking. Being ruthless isn't a synonym for being mean and nasty. Simply defined, it means having or showing no pity or compassion. In business, this quality is required [...]
Are you one of those people who struggle with the tasks of sales? Are you selling as a non-salesperson? Do you lack passion for sales? If so, there are a lot of people like you out there. Don't worry . . . we'll talk about some easy ways to place yourself in a great situation to [...]
With the exception of a few people, the vast majority of leaders and executives dislike conflict in their teams and within their workplace. A conflict can create a lot of tension and high emotions which have the potential of creating problems. As leaders and executives, we generally want to avoid unnecessary drama within our teams. However, [...]
Many of us think that we have some solid organization strategies for ourselves. We learned a lot in school and then we've improved those strategies as we have continued in our work. That's not to say that we're not using good strategies, but we always need to get better. Just like a professional athlete finds ways [...]
Life is full of challenges. It starts when we're newborns and then it continues throughout our lives. In this month's "The Hard Lesson - I Can Do This", let's cover the question that we are facing on a daily basis: can I do this? I remember talking to a man many years ago about his future. [...]
The messages which we communicate in our office are very important. Not only do we communicate them to our team members, we are also communicating those messages to ourselves as well. The messages on our walls communicate critical messages. Are they distractions or are they pointing us to the work that we need to accomplish? Are [...]
