by D2Lead | May 14, 2020 | Lessons in Leadership
I am 7 years old. My mother has signed me up for a drama class. We are presenting a Christmas story. I stand up straight and proud – and begin: ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a...
by D2Lead | Mar 26, 2020 | Comfluential Leadership, Lessons in Leadership
You can’t hide from it. “The only constant in life is change,” said Heraclitus (although death and taxes were added later). In fact, change is moving at an even faster rate in the digital age. When I entered college as a freshman back in the sixties, we were given a...
by D2Lead | Mar 12, 2020 | Lessons in Leadership
My mom had tremendous musical talent and performed classical music with her sister on dual pianos. She and her sister spent hours learning and honing the skills and nuances of playing professionally, which occupied most of her time to the exclusion of pursuing other...
by D2Lead | Feb 27, 2020 | Lessons in Leadership
Let’s face it. You can’t do everything. And even (especially) the best leaders don’t go it alone. You need a team so that everyone pitches in and does their part to make things happen. Yet delegating is the one skill that puts fear in the hearts of many leaders, and...
by D2Lead | Feb 12, 2020 | Comfluential Leadership, Lessons in Leadership
I came out of the military – just like those before me and since – schooled in command based on the masculine model of leadership designed for warfare. When you’re training for life-and-death, in the trenches, on the battlefield types of situations, there is clearly...
by D2Lead | Jan 9, 2020 | Lessons in Leadership
My career began in the military. One might think I was positioned to be a fearless leader right from the start. I had a strong mother who counseled me about choosing a direction that would wield more power and control and a father who’d served with the Marines. I was...
