Soldier Skills a Leader Must Possess

Have you ever wondered why CEOs with military backgrounds are able to deliver higher average returns than the S&P 500 index over the one, three, five and ten-year horizons?

Knowing the Other Person Can Prevent Misunderstandings

‘A man was lost in the desert, and found a tree to take some shade in and rest for a while. All of a sudden, in the distance, he saw a huge cloud of smoke, and a blurry image of a creature approaching. He first through it was a terrible monstrous animal of some sort that was going to come and devour him. As it came closer, he realized that it was not an animal, but a human...

Border Patrol Leaders Receptive To A Strategy For Winning

Author and speaker Carl Mays shares with Border Patrol Leaders the nine principles in A Strategy For Winning at national conference.

Think Excellence

Today's thinking effects tomorrow's success. Here are practical ways to get the success you want.

Increase Productivity - Give Your Employees the Tools to Do a Good Job

What tools do your people need to do their jobs more effectively and efficiently? Many managers tell me their employees have everything they need. But when I interview those employees or conduct a survey asking their opinions, their managers are surprised by the responses.

Leadership Advice: 5 Sure Fire Ways to Mess Things Up!

How do you know if you are a messed up leader? Look at these 5 disciplines and learn exactly how a leader messes up everyday. Valuable information that can be immediately applied to business objectives; like improving retention rates, growing a succession of leaders, increasing sales, and much more.

Leaders - What Time Is It?

Odd weather patterns, high gas and food prices, never ending wars and stoic, uncommitted followers. How do all these things impact you? As a leader, what is your posture? The greatest leader of all time, Jesus, said any leader can tell us of the natural climate, but a true leader discerns the spiritual climate.

Avoiding the 10 Worst Event Planning Mistakes

As leaders planning more events than we care to think on in one year, either we are too busy to plan effectively or we just simply do not think it falls into the scope of our role. If you have not had to plan an event yet, do not be surprised if you find out you are planning the next big event. To prepare for a successful event and avoid the 10 worst event planning mistakes, apply the tips in this article.

Leadership Lessons from the US Marines

I put off college to join the Marines and learned leadership lessons no college could teach.

A Lesson in Leadership from Captain Kirk

One of the most iconic leaders in all fiction was James Tiberius Kirk. This article discusses the balance that Kirk struck between his heart and his head, and how this made him an effective commander.

Imitating Moral Character

Where are you going? What will it look like when you arrive? How are you acting while you are 'getting there'? Organizational synergy occurs when everyone has a shared understanding to these questions. Leaders must create or re-fine values so that everyone has a clear understanding of how they contribute to organizational success and what that success looks like.

Ethics and Values: A Leader's Imperative

Ethics and Values: A Leader's Imperative

The Past, Present and Future: Key Elements in Leadership Skill Development

No great leader ever went without a friend, coach, mentor, or acquaintance that assisted them in some way with leadership skill development along the way.

Planning to Define the Outcome

How can planning proceed in the absence of clearly stated strategic objectives and of a clearly defined Desired End State (DES)? How does the military determine its “measures of success?”