Leading

Leadership’s pivotal moment arrives the moment you admit you’re in over your head. Until then, you’re predictable and mundane. The weight of leadership hasn't

We tend to over-complicate things in life, and when it comes to defining what successful leadership looks like, we really, really, over-complicate it. Much of what constitutes leadership success comes down to common sense, but unfortunately it’s not... Read More

The more uncomfortable the conversation the more important it is. The more it matters, the tougher it is.

We become rich in not what we have, but in what we give away… The more you study the art and science of leadership, the more confounding, complex and confusing it can become.  Much of what tr…

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There's an inverse relationship between smiles and importance. As importance goes up, smiles go down. Truly important leaders seldom smile. Frankly, some

"This is our THIRD school improvement plan! Why aren't we seeing any results?" "We have all of this data, but we don't know what to do with it!" "What does this workshop have to do with the goals we s

I asked a world famous leader about frailty and leadership. He looked at me like I had ten heads. I felt embarrassed to have used the “F” word - frailty.

George Couros designs dynamic programs to infuse innovation into teaching and leadership, equipping educators with strategies for immediate impact and

Heads down hard work lands you out the door, eventually.

Rub the genie to get three wishes. In organizations, rubbing the genie includes telling leaders what they want to hear.

“The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first.” – Robert K. Greenleaf Servant Leadership is a non-traditional leadership philosophy, embedded in a set of behaviors and practices that place the primary emphasis on the well-being of those being served. The Servant as Leader While…

Now, before you Miami Heat folks freak out about the Spurs trouncing the Miami professional basketball team last night, or before the Spurs fans freak out that this post isn’t about them, I&#…

Don't waste yourself. You can - you must - lead.

Top 12 reasons leaders fail:

Any fool can create complex.

There is simply a ton of stuff written about leadership. You can find it all over the web. There are sections in libraries and bookstores dedicated to the topic. I’m not sure we could even co…

Pathetic talkers - talk after listeners check out. Blabbing leaders have something to say and it doesn’t matter that people in the room have turned to bored,

George Couros designs dynamic programs to infuse innovation into teaching and leadership, equipping educators with strategies for immediate impact and

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