Leaders are dedicated to self-improvement. Being the one in charge doesn’t mean you know everything or have all the answers. If you’re a WOW leader, you realize that every day is an opportunity to change, grow, and learn! –Sheri StaakRead more
Maintaining WOW in the face of adversity may not be easy, but those who do it well are those who ultimately shine. All American Presidents during my lifetime have been under scrutiny in one way or another. Let’s face it: not everyone agrees with every policy, action, or idea of our nations leaders. Their Read more
What exactly is success? I won’t bore you with a dictionary definition; chances are you have your own opinion, and your view will be completely different from anyone else’s. Success, like happiness, is relative. It’s not the same for any two people…so therefore, no one can tell you what it Read more
We’re all familiar with the Elbert Hubbard quote, in order to have friends, you must first be one. Like friendship, leadership is a skill that has to be reciprocated to be fully appreciated. By its nature, leadership is a shared endeavor, with guidance, decisions, and strategies being passed down from the Read more
Abraham Lincoln is often regarded as one of the best presidential leaders in history. Throughout his lifetime, Lincoln demonstrated numerous WOW leadership skills, with his greatness formed around a solid foundation of honesty and integrity. The former president was probably first referred to as “Honest Read more
A bit of trivia: What was the original color and design of the first STOP sign? (Answer at the end of the post.) Today marks the anniversary of the first set of traffic rules, which, without the vision and foresight of Yale graduate William Phelps Eno, may not have been possible. In 1900, Phelps drafted […]Read more
In my last post, I suggested ways to help you move your leadership vision from black & white, to color, to Technicolor, to 3D/HDTV. Once you have written out your goal, shared it with others, and repeated it regularly, you need to take it one step further and make it tactile. But how do you […]Read more
It’s been said before: leaders must have vision. But, how do we fine-tune our vision so that it progresses from simple black & white, moves to color, advances to Technicolor, and eventually expands to provide the clarity of 3D/HDTV? As a leader, an unfocused, unclear, or ill-defined vision, or one that Read more
One of the best bosses I ever had used to say that although he was the boss at work, he realized that at home, it was a different story. My wife keeps me centered, he admitted. She tells me that I may be important at work, but at home I’m just part of the family. […]Read more
Back in the day, when I had school projects to research, I checked the library or our families set of trusty encyclopedias for information. What I turned in was either handwritten on ruled paper, or for a more polished look, painstakingly typed out with a manual machine. Although an empty pen or some misplaced Read more
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