Today is the first day of the ten day launch of my newest book, Leadership Is Not About You. Can I tell you something? It’s exciting to launch a book. It’s such a great feeling to see all of your words spread out on a bunch of pages with a nicely printed cover. It felt like Christmas when the first …

You elected or selected students in your school, church, or organization to be leaders. You even call them student leaders. But now they’re doing everything by themselves. They are working hard, but they’re not leading…anyone…else. I’ve just released my latest book, Leadership Is Not About You. It’s the follow-up book to Leadership Starts With You. I put this book in …

It’s that time of year. The end of one. The start of another. And I know you are tempted to do what you always do. You want to make a resolution. Stop! Don’t do it. You made a resolution last year. Remember? Look how long that lasted. I believe there’s a time and a place for a person to make …

This is the time of year when we think about and talk about goals. I wrote down six goals for 2013 around this time last year. I accomplished half of them. That’s 50% (I just did the math in my head). Some people might look at that and think that I failed. But I can’t believe how successful I feel. …

This is a guest post by Mike Myatt, author of the new book, Hacking Leadership. Review any list of positive leadership traits and “passion” will undoubtedly rank near the top – rightly so. In most cases passion is an asset capable of carrying you through tough times, sharpening your perspective, revealing purpose, and helping you succeed in the face of …

The word “selfie” has been declared the Word Of The Year for 2013 by Oxford Dictionaries. I am simply reporting that as news. I’m not sure if it’s good news. The BBC reports it this way… To qualify, a word need not have been coined within the past 12 months, but it does need to have become prominent or notable …

Don’t underestimate the power of your example. I’m often asked: Is example enough? What do you think? » Does the boss who says one thing and does another influence you? » Does the person whose private life would destroy their public life seem like the type of person we want in leadership? » Does the classroom, the lecture, the PowerPoint slides seem like …

This is a guest post by my friend, Jeff Shore. Jeff is a highly sought-after sales expert, speaker, author and executive coach “I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.” ~Mikhail Baryshnikov Your best is not the same as the highest you can achieve! At some point in your childhood, …