Being A Leader

Martyrdom – An Unimpressive Skill

Martyrdom – An Unimpressive Skill

Leading change requires risk-taking. Calculating how much risk will drive the desired change – but moderating that amount to avoid being “taken out” is one of the central challenges of leadership.

Lead The Way You Want To Lead

Lead The Way You Want To Lead

One piece of feedback she got from her team was “Lead the way you want to lead.” What struck her was how liberating that felt to her.

The Problem with Millennials

The Problem with Millennials

The Wall Street Journal ran a piece recently about how Wall Street firms, particularly Investment Banks, were trying to increase appeal of their employment opportunities for Millennials. Their efforts included giving their candidates a year off to work at a charity of their choice, more flexible compensation, less onerous work load expectations in the early years, even more aggressive college loan payoffs. They all sounded like good ideas. There were two big problems:

Partnering with Authority

Partnering with Authority

Power comes from a “contract for services”  we call Authority, we form with other people in our sphere.