Insights to Increase Your Influence

“Leadership is all about influence, nothing more and nothing less” so said John Maxwell many years ago.  A leader leads when they can influence or persuade others to do something or go somewhere for a greater cause or purpose.  Lacking influencing skills denies a...
Contrasting Managing and Leading

Contrasting Managing and Leading

Often times, the terms managing and leading are used interchangeably.  Personally, I believe there is a significant difference between the two.  Peter Drucker is credited with the following distinction: Leaders make sure the right things get done and...

Delegation Is The Killer App for Leaders

“No good leader puts off to tomorrow what they can delegate today” are the wise words of Peter Drucker.  Many of the leaders I work with have a difficult time delegating. As a matter of fact, there has only been one executive in my career who was known to be the...