Archive for the ‘Thoughts’ Category

is your eye on the right target?

Posted: November 29, 2011 in Thoughts

When I played hockey as a kid I spent hours learning to identify a target (usually a spot on the net the goalie isn’t covering) and hit that target from all kinds of weird angles. By the time I got to game situations, finding the opening on a goalie was second nature. When I tried [...]

why hypocrisy hurts…

Posted: September 21, 2011 in Thoughts

If there is one thing I hate more than anything else it has to be hypocrisy. I have discovered that I hate it most when I find it in myself. The reason: our hypocrisy hurts others. I remember one time being severly chastised for a word I used on twitter by a preacher only to [...]

As I grow in my understanding of leadership, I realize that it (leadership) is more about influencing people to go in a specific direction than it is just flipping switches to make changes. Here are 3 questions leaders should ask in order to maximize their influence when leading change: Does the change I’m proposing serve [...]