Leadership and Power – Guide or Dictator?
Leadership and Power. Guide or Dictator? For my dear friend: (I hope this helps). I think of all the things that one could desire. Many desire power, leadership, prestige. But once these are gained, often something more is found lacking. Something inside. Things like honor, and admiration, and trust. Things that bring peace to one’s soul. When the latter is not present, the leader often is cruel, non-committal, or completely disappears from the process. Those under them also wane and leave their positions – not feeling respected and part of a team. Or they simply do as little as possible to earn that paycheck. True leaders understand that it is…
The Way Forward Starts Here – What Went Right
The Way Forward Starts Here – What Went Right The title would better read “the way forward starts with you”. We often find ourselves bewitched with words. As Sigmund Freud once stated in a lecture in psychoanalysis in 1915 “Words were originally magic and to this day words have retained much of their ancient magical power”. With just a simple twist of words, we can motivate or provoke a person or group of people into action. If you add a list of positives words into your speech, over a short amount of time you will begin to see the subtle hints of change in the attitudes and behavior of others…
Leadership, Social Media, Community Outreach, Research and Training
Leadership, Social Media, Community Outreach, Research and Training Leadership, social media, community outreach, research, and training, they all mean very different things to different people. What I have learned is that you need to be able to show your work. In a job interview, that can become a very interesting prospect to have thrown at you – unaware. It’s those little questions…. Show your work Show me leadership. Tell me how you perform community outreach. How many hours a day do you work in social media? How many social media applications can you link? What is content marketing for social media? While doing research did you actively engage in experimentation…
A Real Team
Ever wonder what a real team looks like, feels like, acts like? I’ve worked on a multitude of different professional teams in my lifetime. Some were good, some were so-so, and some were just flat out disappointing. One particular team that I had the privilege to be a part of, rocked in every dimension. It was at the Chamber of Commerce (Moab) when I was first starting out in the business world, almost 23 years ago. The Chamber of Commerce at the time was located in the same complex as the local Grand County Travel Council. The Chamber owned the building. If you can imagine tourists from all walks of life,…
The Interview
For many who have been working professionals for most of their lives, it is often anticipated with some anxiety that those interviewing them ‘may not know how to interview them'. When you go into an interview and in two quick responses you have pretty much summed up the entire list of questions the interviewer had prepared, you quickly are able to gauge the aptitude of that business or organization. While those giving the interview have thought well and hard on their lists - you still manage to blow that list out of the water.What’s left for the interviewer? They can continue to read from their list, and a lot do;…
