Gurus around the world suggest living in the moment and not thinking too much about the future. However, when it comes to having a career, keeping an eye on the future is helpful. If typewriter experts predicted the growth of computers, they would have updated their skill set and would not be

How quickly do you fail?  The answer to that question can determine how quickly you become a great leader. Last weekend I got the opportunity to watch my nephew ski.  He’s a twelve-year-old who’s pretty athletic for his age.  In the winter, most of his nights and weekends are spent

Situational leadership requires a complex collection of many attributes that include follower-desired personality traits, communication skills, leadership skills, and teaching ability, to name a few. A preferred leadership style is developed by the leader through learning and experience. And the leader’s tendency is to fit the situation to his or

Leaders have great ideas. If you have a great idea, why don’t you write a book? How hard could it be? You wrote long papers in college. Perhaps you write extended reports in your current job. How hard could it be to string a few of these efforts together and

The progression from student to the first job, applying experience to problem-solving, followed by increased responsibility, then being somewhat relied upon in your department and the next thing. You’re a junior manager – welcome to the early stages of leadership! The transition where you go from reporting to everyone and

Leadership isn’t a game of chess. The roles of the pieces, the rules of the game, and the shape of the board are not fixed and have not been rigidly predefined. In chess, there should be a mathematically determined best game. Nothing like that exists in terms of leadership. There

In 1936, a book by Dale Carnegie was published. The title was How to Win Friends and Influence People, and the initial 5000 copies sold out quickly. By 1955, when Dale Carnegie died, 5 million copies of the book had been sold. The Dale Carnegie Institute became a mammoth organization,

We are college professors, each within different disciplines, and we both agree that teaching is an incredibly rewarding career, especially with the knowledge that what is being taught in the classroom has the power to positively influence an individual’s life in so many ways for years to come. A college

Are you in the job transition process? Losing a management position in this economy is remarkably challenging. What must experienced middle to senior managers accomplish in the weeks following the devastating loss of a job? Simply turn around and be the most positive, energetic, and strategic job candidate as quickly

Corporate learning and development are – like the business itself—changing rapidly. Once the province of formal classroom training, and classroom training only, the changing expectations of employees and needs of the business are pushing Learning & Development (L&D) to become more social, more mobile, and more blended to give employees