Ken Blanchard is among the most prolific and profound leadership authors around. I was reading one of his company blogs yesterday. It discussed the two things your boss should never have to ask from you: effort and attitude. Author Randy Conley notes that the effort you give and the attitude you have are completely in […]

Kouzes and Posner say that “Enabling Others” is another key practice of leaders. What can we do as a company to confer leadership responsibility on others? Recognize the leadership opportunities within our plants. To build pallets or treat wood, there are a lot of different units that perform tasks. If you think about it, each […]

The enemy of greatness is good. So many times, when we work to solve a problem, we stay at it just as long as it takes to eliminate the complaint. Once a problem ceases to be a problem, we move on to something else. In The Leadership Challenge, Kouzes and Posner say that leaders “Challenge […]

Another practice of leaders described in The Leadership Challenge by Kouzes and Posner is to “Encourage the Heart.” Are you an encourager? According to the authors, the most effective leaders do a great job of building teams by encouraging teammates. They do so by recognizing the specific contributions that a teammate brings to the organization. […]