22 Oct,2020 | "Leadership Development", Business Books, Executive Development, Ken Blanchard, Leader Chat, Leadership, One Minute Manager, Performance Management, Self Awareness, Servant Leadership, SLII, Talent Management
Over the years, I’ve talked with thousands of people about servant leadership. Every so often somebody will come up to me after a speech and say to me, “You know, Ken, the style of leadership you just talked about is exactly the way I’ve been leading people for...
10 Oct,2020 | Apologizing, Behavior Change, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Leader Chat, Leadership, Listening, Mindfulness, Neuroscience, Relationships, Resilience, Self Awareness, Stress, Vulnerability, Wellbeing
Hi Madeleine,I just got off the phone and immediately realized that I need some help. I spoke to an employee in a way I am ashamed of. I didn’t yell or flip my lid, but I was curt, demanding, and unsympathetic, and I interrupted him several times. I have some things...
26 Sep,2020 | Best Practices, Communication Skills, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Emotional Intelligence, Leader Chat, Leadership, Self Awareness, Vulnerability, Workplace Culture
Dear Madeleine,I am a division leader for a family-owned manufacturing company. The family members have somewhat antiquated views and are not particularly socially sensitive. My challenge is how to respond to the pronouns I’m seeing on recent email. For example, I am...
22 Aug,2020 | Best Practices, Career Planning, Communication, feedback, Growth, Leader Chat, Leadership, Self Awareness, Vulnerability
Dear Madeleine,I get no feedback. I have done well in my career. I have some big goals and I think I am doing OK at my job. My manager is a big-picture person who is constantly on the move and is only interested in my results, not in me. I think if I asked her about...
1 Aug,2020 | Best Practices, Communication, Executive Development, Growth, Leader Chat, Leader Development, Leadership, Personality, Self Awareness, Temperament
Dear Madeleine, I am a senior business leader for a global manufacturing company. I recently was on a panel with an officer of our company—not my boss, but a peer of my boss. He was very impactful with his remarks; I was okay but not nearly as sharp. Later, when...
9 Jun,2020 | Executive Development, Growth, Leader Chat, Leader Development, Leadership, Mindfulness, Research, Self Awareness, Servant Leadership, Uncategorized, Values, Vulnerability
As an antidote to the negative consequences of personality-based leadership theories, new generations of leadership, learning, and talent development professionals are rediscovering servant leadership. That’s great news for those of us who believe that simply...
