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3 Kinds of Thinking Smarts: Leaders Need All 3
I remember a time when intelligence (critical thinking) was the undisputed champion of leadership capabilities. No surprise, since science proves that intelligence accounts for 20% of leadership success, far more than any other factor. It’s a necessity for...
Leading in a Firestorm
Dedicated to all the firefighters battling the blazes in the West, and the 14 Prineville Hotshots (memorialized in our city park) who lost their lives fighting the Colorado Storm King fire in 1994. We are building a log home near Prineville, 7 miles away from a...
“The self you know is hardly worth knowing.” Freud
If this is true, what’s a leader to do . . . to know one’s self? No wonder my clients are confused about the information and tools they need to develop as leaders. It is hard for them to choose how to gain self-knowledge when they are bombarded with so...
Jim Schell’s Wise Words On Learning to Lead from Experience
A bedrock principle I hold dear is that leadership is mostly learned from experience: it is developed through venturing into new territory with the courage to think critically about oneself, reflect on strengths and weaknesses, and learn from feedback. That’s why I...
Don’t Waste a Hardship
“There’s a crack in everything for a reason. How else can the light get in.” This last phrase from the inspiring Bank of America commercial, Commencement for America, tugged at my heart strings. Next it tugged at my brain. It led me to recall the 1980’s research from...
The Iron Fist in the Velvet Glove: How I Learned to Develop Opposite Skills
Why does developing new leadership skills feel like doing the opposite of what my strengths lead me to do? And how can I possibly develop these skills? These are questions people I coach ask. I have learned good answers through my experience. It takes weaving together...
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