A Deloitte report on human capital trends in Southeast Asia made the point that leaders recognize the growing importance of an engaged workforce, while also realizing their capability to drive engagement is lacking. A

Many years ago I worked for a division chief at the Pentagon whose division was not run very well, and her team knew it…and complained about it. A lot. Her typical response in division meetings was to shake her head, smile a little bit, and say “hey, it is what it is.” The problem was, […]

Nearly 20 years ago I was in an interesting role as a US Air Force officer, developing new concepts for the role of military power after the end of the Cold War. During my first year in that job (which lasted 2 years, 8 days, and 3 1/2 hours) I had a fantastic leader. Not […]

You can be a good leader or a bad one. The choice is yours. Think about the good leaders you have had. They are good because they made conscious decisions that have led them to be good. Maybe they did not sit there and say “I’m going to be a good leader,” but they chose […]

If you’re in a leadership position you have a certain kind of authority; for the sake of discussion, let’s just call it “positional authority.” By virtue of your job title you have the authority to get things done, and also the responsibility to use that authority to make sure those things get done. That is, […]