Future of Leadership Blog

Tip #3: Re-evaluate Yearly Goals

Tip #3: Re-evaluate Yearly Goals

With less than three months remaining in the year, it’s time to dust off your 2005 goals and assess your progress. Here…
Tip #4: Encourage a Diversity of Ideas

Tip #4: Encourage a Diversity of Ideas

“No one is thinking if everyone is thinking alike.” – General George S. Patton Think about the importance of this statement. Innovative…
Tip #5: Stay Together

Tip #5: Stay Together

If you ask one of the professional guides at the Colorado Mountain School about the four rules that experienced teams always abide…
Tip #6: Helping New Team Members

Tip #6: Helping New Team Members

While hiring top talent is important, it’s also important for existing team members to create an environment in which newcomers are welcome…
Tip #7: Transforming Performance Goals Into Reality

Tip #7: Transforming Performance Goals Into Reality

How do you transform performance goals into reality? The importance of establishing performance goals cannot be understated. Typically worked on between an…
Tip #8: Delegate and Deliver

Tip #8: Delegate and Deliver

How do you delegate AND get the results that you want? Sometimes it does seem easier to do it yourself. Delegating responsibilities…
Tip #9: Put Me in Coach

Tip #9: Put Me in Coach

Managers are responsible for a lot these days – hiring staff, meeting budget targets, and achieving departmental goals. This is a strain…
Tip #10: From Peer to Manager

Tip #10: From Peer to Manager

“I used to be a member of this team. Now I’m the manager. Do I really have to discipline the non-performers?” Making…
Tip #11: Do the Hard Jobs First

Tip #11: Do the Hard Jobs First

Dale Carnegie once said, “Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.” When it comes to leadership, one…
Tip #12: The Value of Open Communication

Tip #12: The Value of Open Communication

“Really great people make you feel that you too, can become great.” – Mark Twain There is abundant evidence to show the…