My Inc.com story today, “$1.1 Billion and 3 NBA Championships: Leadership Lessons,” stems from my interviewing basketball legend Byron Scott and business mogul Charles Norris, on their new book, Slam-Dunk Success: Leading From Every Position on the Court. Meeting them and getting solo time together to talk about leadership, growth, and learning was tremendous. The story begins $1.1 Billion and 3 NBA Championships: Leadership Lessons A Chairman of the Board[…] Keep reading →

A healthy diet results not from how much healthy food you eat but how little unhealthy food. You can eat all the spinach and kale you want. If you also eat tons of sugar, your diet isn’t healthy. Same with leadership. If you lead effectively 90% of the time but not the other 10%, you probably don’t lead well. Leadership is like how Vince Lombardi described winning: it’s not a[…] Keep reading →

I am honored that John Mattone interviewed me as part of his Expert Interview Series and posted the interview, “Joshua Spodek of Spodek Academy About Embracing a “Just Do It” Attitude Toward Leadership Coaching.” I’ll tease you with the first few interview questions. For the answers, read the whole interview! As someone who is well-educated in a variety of disciplines, could you tell us what drew you to the study[…] Keep reading →

My guest post in Techstory yesterday, “People Join Good Projects and Leave Bad Management,” began If you’re reading Techstory, you care about your work. You worked hard to get where you are—advanced degrees, challenging interviews, or other credentials. You don’t just show up and do what you’re told. You didn’t just choose any old project to work on. You chose something you care about. If you’re like most people who[…] Keep reading →

Most people seem to view acting to avoid polluting and caring about the environment as deprivation and sacrifice. They seem to ask, “why should I sacrifice something I like, like flying, meat, air conditioning, etc? If billions of others don’t, then what I do doesn’t matter. The result is most of the world, or at least most of America, contributing to global warming beyond nearly any contribution by anyone in[…] Keep reading →

I’d heard about and listened to the award-winning #1 So Money podcast for a while, so I felt honored and flattered to be a guest. This morning Farnoosh posted the interview! She covers money more specifically than most. Since I grew up keeping talk about private finances quiet, she led me to speak about some things I rarely do, which led to some life-level realizations I am grateful to her[…] Keep reading →

Jim Rembach hosts the Fast Leader podcast. Today he posted his interview of me. Jim is friendly, thoughtful, and clearly understood my book and background enough to start with a simple, comprehensive summary of my background. He asked questions that got me to reveal about the book. how I teach, and what you can learn. You’ll get to learn how Jim’s subtitle for the interview, “I had to force my[…] Keep reading →

Inc.’s columnist and bestselling author Kevin Daum wrote about me and Leadership Step by Step today. Usually when I post Inc. article’s they’re by me. This one is about me. It begins: 4 Skills Not Taught in the Ivy Leagues that Every Great Leader Must Master People don’t just wake up as leaders. Like any athlete or artists, they must acquire certain techniques to become masters of the art of[…] Keep reading →

According to The Guardian: Great Barrier Reef at ‘terminal stage’: scientists despair at latest coral bleaching data ‘Last year was bad enough, this is a disaster,’ says one expert as Australia Research Council finds fresh damage across 8,000km I read this at a message board for geeks and entrepreneurs and shared the following, which I wanted to share here: Many posts here about how sad and disgusted people are. Not[…] Keep reading →