Our offices in Crystal City were magnificent, with my boss having a great view of the city. It was...
Leadership topic - engage
Engage is step one of the empower framework: leaders who engage lead in clear communication throughout their organizations. Leads with questions, with an open personal presence and outstanding communications skills. Communicates a compelling and inspired shared vision or sense of core purpose; Creates a climate in which people want to do their best; Is effective in a variety of formal presentation settings; one-on-one, small, and large groups;
Roadblock – Always thinks they have the right and only answer; focuses on the answer, always the smartest person in the room
Start with Positive Intelligence, Change or Preparation, then see how it plays out across the Eric Clapton series.
Smooth… execute the Change you keep asking others to make?
The whole concept of LeadingWithMusic is to talk about using the power of Music to Change the way...
Winning… wonder what you would build if you walked out tomorrow?
Today's story starts in a Maryland suburb with a kid graduating from high school and started at a...
Europa (Earth’s Cry, Heaven’s Smile)… observe what worked before it is your turn?
So at this point, we were trying to get a staid Federal manufacturing facility to become "lean"...
Open Invitation… partner with the one who will push you to Change?
If you ever are asked to work a business show, my advice would be say NO. You stand in a booth and...
Let the Children Play… manage the bad news before it manages you?
Being "different" was a core competency of not just me, but my boss for this season, and probably...
A Love Supreme… engage the Change you want everyone else to make?
As you might have guessed from last week, despite saying we would never move to DC, by the Summer...
Soul Sacrifice… engage a wish, or a rope?
A car pulled up with the window down: "Mark?" "Karen!" ... and we were off!This was...
Point of Know Return… engage the hours you will wish you had back?
"I can come to the funeral any day but Thursday." ... "It's Thursday"My college roommate Wes, who...
Silencio… engage the people who will carry your Legacy?
"You were always so kind to me"I barely remembered this man, but clearly he knew me. As we kept...
Club Zero… renew the torch someone held out to you?
renew the torch someone held out to you?"Sponsorship takes some risk."...I wrote that in 2019...
Turn to You… execute the handoff before the seat is empty?
execute the handoff before the seat is empty?She brought other women with her....that is a story...
We Got the Beat… wonder how she hears the whole room?
wonder how she hears the whole room?"... there is no way I can possibly ever lead like...
Head over Heels… observe it from the back of the room?
observe it from the back of the room?"It looks that way looking backwards."... a young woman had...













