Are you playing God or playing safe?

Like a lot of things in life there is a continuum, a spectrum in styles of leadership.   As a leader you can be at one extreme or the other or, healthily, in the middle with good balance.  When it describes how you tend to lead, here are two examples of leadership...

THE DARK SIDE OF CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP

In a Sunday edition of the Los Angeles Times there was a fascinating article on dealing with the   “Dark Side of Charismatic Leadership.” You who follow me on this blog site know that I am a strong proponent and advocate for healthy leaders building...

Seeing (and Treating) Your Staff as Volunteers

I love simple groups of three key thoughts on a given subject. Eric Geiger never disappoints: Clarity Consistency Collective Care Guest Post by Eric Geiger In his book, Leadership Is an Art, Max De Pree said, “the best people working for any organization are like...