Maxwell: Back in 2000, John Maxwell authored a book entitled Developing the Leader Within You. In that book, he posited that there are five levels of leadership. He named those levels Position, Permission, Production, People Development, and Pinnacle. In this post, I discuss the fourth of the five and we will explore the last level in our final post of …
When I left the corporate world and first started my practice, I was a management consultant (as opposed to my present practice as an executive coach). Early on, I was advised by my mentor that it would be a good thing if I found out why people decided to engage our services. That is, to make sure I not only …
No, not the kind so many of us are looking for these days. I’m thinking about Steve Jobs. It’s been a year since he died. I finished, some time ago, Isaacson’s biography and found myself somewhat split on whether to continue to put Jobs forward as a true leader or as an example of what you “don’t want to do” …