BridgeLite Blog
Would You Dance?
Perhaps Kenny's leadership approach of "give them candy" works for 10 year olds; O.K., us older ones as well. But let's take another look at how leadership - happens, as demonstrated in the following clip by Derek Silvers. This clip illustrates a key principle of Servant Leadership. As a leader, from the very beginning - It's not about you. Also, a great reminder that leadership takes...
Kenny for President
Kenny, age 10, provides insights into some early definitions of leadership. His poster makes me chuckle. As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. Take a look. He pretty accurately captures what so many do when setting out on a leadership path. Promise enticements. Follow me and you get..... Notice he is the one with the key to the treasure. Interesting. Kenny has figured out...
Leadership! What, When, and Why
Elections are over, What did we learn? Did we find new leaders? Affirm those we already had ? Last week, elections on the state, local, and school student council stages rekindled questions for me about leadership. How about you? Do you wonder about this topic? Who are the people that we choose to follow? What is so special about them? Leadership. What is it? What constitutes a leader? ...
Transitions
Transitions are just plain challenging. Change is: Going to Happen Happened Hoped For Desired Dreaded Avoided Welcomed Refreshing. "E."..... ALL the ABOVE! What to do? Many focus on the CHANGE and neglect the TRANSITION that has to occur to make the change happen. The first steps? Realize that transition is needed. It's a process to incorporate the change into where you are now to create where...
Stuck!
How Did THIS Happen? Now what??? Ever Feel Like This?? Ever wonder how you got so twisted up, paralyzed in your current role, position, or profession that it seems like no moves are possible? Trapped. No where to go. Wanting to run away, but knowing you can't. It happens. But what to do about it? First: Recognize that it's temporary. No need to panic. If you were able to get " into the box"...
Servant-Leadership – not an Oxymoron
This question came to me last week. What is Servant-Leadership? Really, isn't that an oxymoron? Nope. Isn't leadership - well, just leadership? Not that I've seen. There are many different styles, methods, and concepts associated with the term leader. There are plenty of folks in leadership positions. Unfortunately, not very many of them are servant-leaders. Robert K. Greenleaf is credited as...
Walls
Four walls (room) - to protect what's in and keep out - well, what's out. Wailing Wall - a place to seek, mourn, and pray. Great wall of China - way to define large borders. THE WALL - of Fenway Park - a place to target when batting it up with the Boston Red Soxs We are good at walls. We are even better using terms involving walls for organizational analogies: Building walls, scaling walls,...
Blind Spots – Who Me?
It happened again. I was deep into a conversation discussing a transition challenge with a client over the phone. The issue was complex and paying attention was definitely required. We decided to sync calendars and find a time to meet. I thought viewing the calendar on my cell phone would be the fastest and least distracting method to set up the appointment, so I began to look for the phone as...
Booger Flick’n Time
The following is rated PG, for ‘Potentially Gross'. Reader discretion advised. Dominick, age 3, lined up with the other children for pre-school, morning recess. A teacher supervising the process noticed that Dominick seemed to be putting some kind of foreign object into his nose. Not good. The teacher quickly went to Dominick to thwart the activity. As she reached him, she disgustingly realized...
BridgeLite Blog – Time to Jump In
It's Time. I tried the other ways and it feels like the business version of Goldilocks. LinkedIn is confining, Facebook too loose Twitter is tight - Blogging, just right! Well, I think. Time will tell. I'm doing the other venues as well. Let me know what you think!