I was pleasantly surprised by my publisher, Amacom, yesterday to learn that my book, Leadership Step by Step, received a starred review from Booklist. Booklist will publish the full review in their February 1st issue, so I can’t quote the whole thing, but I’ll quote what Amacom quoted: This is practical training made perfect. Bravo! For those who don’t know much about Booklist, like I didn’t before looking them up,[…] Keep reading →

For those who live near New York and want to improve how they lead others (and themselves), you have multiple options this spring. Besides my online course, I am offering my leadership course at NYU this spring at NYU’s School of Professional Studies Wednesdays 6pm – 9pm February 8 – May 10 (14 sessions) Here is the syllabus Register here! Limited seats available (13 last I checked) Student reviews from[…] Keep reading →

Today on Inc., my fellow columnist, Dave Kerpen, CEO of Likable Media, followed up on my recent article about sending gratitude emails. He pointed out how the practice works beyond what we expected, since he promotes gratitude exercises too. Read the article to see how the practice led us to meet and immediately and easily connect because of it. In particular, we found ourselves in the middle of a tighter[…] Keep reading →

The pictures speak for themselves.

I guest posted today in SuccessVets.com, “What You Thought Graduates of Elite Schools Have, But Probably Don’t.” I wrote the piece for service-members transitioning to civilian leadership, but it applies to many people who worry about competing with graduates of elite schools. The guest post begins: It’s easy to look at people who went to school while you served and think they’re ahead of you, which can cause anxiety. As[…] Keep reading →

Check out my interview in Joe Byerly‘s blog, From the Green Notebook, today, “Do Leaders Need Emotional Intelligence?” It’s a fascinating blog with many perspectives on leadership, mainly from a military perspective. As you know from my posts, I consider active, experiential learning essential to face and overcome the social and emotional challenges inherent to leading others, and military training essentially involves active, experiential parts classrooms and readings don’t. The[…] Keep reading →

I was honored to be a guest of John Ramstead—Former Navy Fighter Pilot, Leadership Coach, international Podcast Host and Author of Top 100 Leadership Blog for Executives, Managers and CEOs–in his Eternal Leadership podcast, which he posted today. Here’s the link to the podcast. Here’s John’s podcast page image: Here’s John: A few words about this extraordinary man: What sets John Ramstead apart from other coaches? His extraordinary military record[…] Keep reading →

Some teachers ask students to grade peers. Some ask for student input on grading. I go further. Radical self-grading I have students in my leadership courses grade themselves—not just give some input. They choose their grades. Moreover, I tell them that I will defend to the administration that they deserve them even if they all give themselves A’s. I also add that this loyalty and defense requires backup from them.[…] Keep reading →

A few weeks ago, while working on a video shoot waiting for the people to be recorded to arrive, a friend mentioned how he expected the women to be more likely to wear makeup. A woman on the shoot called him misogynist. I asked what was misogynist about what he said. She said the expectation that women had to wear makeup. I pointed out that he didn’t say anything about[…] Keep reading →