The Point: In my “BEST Leader in 30 Days” leadership development program that’s soon to be released at my 501(c)(3) structured nonprofit, one of the five practices areas that will make you the BEST leader possible surrounds the concept of commitments. In theory, commitments are a relatively
Change Leadership Roundtable Discussion
I recently participated in a roundtable discussion on the topic of change leadership, and subsequently was interviewed about the Javelin Institute’s new program, “The BEST Leader in 30 Days!” (This program brings you 30 daily activities that’s recognized through research validation to equip you to
The Leadership Challenge: Judgement
The Point: What type of judgement do you have as a leader? Is it sometimes good, sometimes bad? And in those judgement-times, how do you go about deciding which way to choose? After all, there is a “right” way and a “wrong” way when it comes to judgement (especially when you consider the outcome of
The Leadership Challenge: Productivity
The Point: Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes in a year. Eight thousand seven hundred sixty hours. Three hundred sixty-five days. Twelve months in a year… You get where I’m going, that there are only so many hours in a day and once they are gone, they are indeed gone. We started
The Leadership Challenge: Surveys
The Point: We see a lot of surveys at both Tip of the Spear Ventures and The Javelin Institute (We’ve partnered with organizations to even create a few!) But a conversation with a client the other day caused us to wonder; "Why are we conducting surveys?", "What do we do with the data surveys
5 Ways Your Leadership Will Fail!
Are You Setting Yourself / Your Organization Up to Fail? We studied the differences between low-performing and high-performing organizations as they worked to translate business strategic planning into desired business results and found that leadership in high-performing organizations made a
The Leadership Challenge: Addressing Challenges
The Point: Challenges… You can’t live with them… You’d probably be better off living without them! But here’s the reality: Challenges are a part of every leader’s life. We started thinking here at the Javelin Institute, “If challenges are going to be present, how can today’s leader effectively
The Leadership Challenge: Mistakes
The Point: Leadership can certainly pose challenges to those that lead in and of itself. Rarely is leadership a game of perfection and mistakes will be made. We started thinking here at the Javelin Institute, if leadership perfection is rarely the case, then how does a leader overcome the mistakes
The Biggest Mistake a Leader Can Make in 2020 (And Nine Additional Mistakes to Avoid!)
The Point: 2020 will be here before we know it, and I see some disturbing Leadership-trends taking place (Please see my PS and PPSS below for a special offer!) Leadership is tough business when reviewed for results. With a microscopic fine-focus every leader’s actions can be analyzed. We started