It’s easy to find broken promises - just point your blame-finger at: Lance Armstrong, ex-FIFA President Sepp Blatter, Volkswagen’s “diesel dupe”, and Bernie Madoff. Nothing new there - deceit’s been with us for as long as we’ve been bumbling along on this rock. But, what about promises you make with yourself? Are you walking your talk? When I started teaching leadership skills, I didn’t know much about teaching but I knew a lot… Continue reading
How to Get People to do What You Want using the IKEA Effect
You’ve got to admit, we’re wired sort of funny. For example, do you have something in your home you’ve kept for no other reason than because you made it? Maybe it’s a drawing, piece of pottery or hand-knitted sweater -… Continue reading
Three more (surprising) leadership lessons from Steve Jobs
By now, it’s well known Steve Jobs, the genius behind Apple, iTunes, and Pixar, was far from being the perfect leadership model. He was equally famous for his hostile outbursts, damn-the-torpedoes attitude, and irreverent social graces as he was for… Continue reading