What is Leadership?

What is Leadership?

by | Apr 22, 2020 | Circle of Impact, Community, Transition, Uncategorized

“It’s time to stop talking about leadership, and lead.”
The voice in my head.
One afternoon.
Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
July 1999.

Over the past three and a half decades I’ve lived and worked in the world of leadership. Part of my passion has been the desire to understand the intersection of organizational structure, culture and human nature with the phenomenon of leadership. From early on in my training and study, it was clear that my perception of leadership is different than many who write about it and the practitioners of the leader’s craft.

Preface to Circle of Impact: Taking Personal Initiative To Ignite Change

Preface to Circle of Impact: Taking Personal Initiative To Ignite Change

by | Oct 19, 2019 | Book, Circle of Impact, Conversations, Impact, Uncategorized

“I see the world of leadership differently than most people. I don’t see leadership as a title or a role in an organization. Instead, it is about how people function in their lives, about the difference they can make. I don’t divide the world up into leaders and followers. We need to know how to be both. Leadership isn’t a position of authority, but of personal responsibility. It is best practiced in a social setting where people share the responsibility for leadership. I believe we live in a leadership-starved world, and the future belongs to leader-rich organizations and societies.”