My new friends, Travis Collier and Braden Pivirotto, have graciously agreed to help me find and communicate great examples of Extreme Leadership in action. They're very smart guys, and they've been sending excellent resources my way, which I, in … Read the full article→
Your Leadership Excellence
06.24.10
The folks at Leadership Excellence have been publishing their fine magazine for 25 years. "Month after month," they say, "the foremost minds on management and leadership share their breakthrough ideas. By constantly publishing the best ideas from … Read the full article→
Your BOW
06.22.10
In the quest to come up with something cogent to share with other working and aspiring speakers at the recent PublicWords Forum, I reflected on my own career path so far. (See my previous post) The principles that I unearthed from my own … Read the full article→
Tell Us How YOU Did It
06.15.10
I just spent a couple of great days at Nick Morgan's PublicWords Speakers Forum. Nick had asked me to come and speak to the group about my experience as a (working) speaker, how I've built my career and--most important--what I've learned along the … Read the full article→
Get Off Your Aspiration (And Write Something)
06.13.10
I'm not going to begin to try and count the number of people I know or people I've met who've told me they're "going to write a book some day." I can tell you how many of those I know or have met who have actually gone on to do it, and then get it … Read the full article→
Our Morning With Distinguished School Principals
06.09.10
Last week, my friends at the Orange County Department of Education hosted our inaugural Extreme Leadership in Education event at their facility in Costa Mesa, California. (Read my previous post about it here). It was a phenomenal day, that, … Read the full article→
Awaiting Your Book, Mr. Nettell
06.07.10
People often ask me whom I consider to be the most inspiring and effective of leaders, and mostly they expect me to call out the famous folks--like Jobs, or Gates, or Lincoln or Washington or Mother Theresa. But I prefer to answer the question … Read the full article→
The Flip Side: When Wisdom Is
06.03.10
Last week we discussed advice that A) someone we respected gave us, and B) we ignored and disregarded. It's a good lesson about following our own hearts but with somewhat of a negative spin, I suppose. In the interest of yin/yang, etc, let's take … Read the full article→
