Posts in the ‘Leadership My Dad’s Way’ category
If I only do the right thing when it is easy, is that truly integrity? There were times in my life I considered myself a man of integrity, but I truly only did the right thing when I had nothing to lose. Doing the right thing is easy if I have nothing at risk, but […]
Craig’s boss left the company suddenly due to an ethics issue. Now Craig was leading the team. The team had been on a down hill slide for a while. But now, both performance and attitudes were in a nosedive. “How can I turn it around, Dave? People are angry, hurt, and wondering about their futures. […]
Dave Anderson discusses Selfless Teamwork with leadership guru Rick Minicozzi. What does good teamwork look like in the military? Selflessness is the key! Rick owns Lone Star Peak Performance and Thayer Leader Development Group at West Point. All past and current podcasts also available on iTunes. (Over 700,000 downloads to date!) Other resources -free PDF […]
Titles mean something. Team Leader, Manager, Supervisor, Vice-President- they are all titles bestowed on those who are called by an organization to lead. They have the official duties and responsibilities that go with the title. John Maxwell says leadership is influence. If that is true, are the people with the titles the only ones called […]
Dave Anderson discusses Hiring for Character with author Garrett Miller. They discuss finding people with Work Ethic, Humility, Integrity and Maturity. Garrret Miller is the author of the books Hire on a WHIM and Hired Right Out of College. More Podcasts also available on iTunes. Other resources -free PDF downloads of interview questions are available […]
What if I fail? There are no “If’s”! You will fail. We all fail. We all fall flat on our faces at some point. Some of us have more scars from those falls than others. I am convinced that whatever success I have achieved in this life can be traced back to the failures that […]
Dave Anderson of Anderson Leadership Solutions interviews Jim Hunter, #1 best selling author of the book The Servant and The World’s Most Powerful Leadership Principle. They discuss Servant Leadership and why it is the most successful and profitable way for business leaders to lead. Free PDF downloads are available at Overwhelmedmanagersguide.com. Podcasts also available on […]
“He had done well everywhere he worked!” “She had a ton of experience in her field.” “The skills he brought to the team were exactly what we needed.” “She had a Master’s degree in Marketing!” In my career of hiring people and now developing leaders for companies large and small, many of the worst hiring […]
It was 1979 and I was sitting on a slab of concrete in the 90 degree heat at a summer basketball camp. I was about to be in 8th grade and loved basketball. I wanted to show the coach of the local college that I was willing to do anything to get better. The coach […]
In a hotel bar in Orlando, a peer of mine was acting like the south end of a north-facing horse during a convention we were attending…and I did nothing about it. I failed as a leader that night. I am still disappointed in myself because I failed to act like a leader when someone needed to […]
