Women in Senior Leadership Roles
I recently read an article in PR Newswire titled Study Shows the Current State of Women in Leadership. The article cited a…
My Leadership Challenge For You
Here’s my challenge to all leaders in 2013: WHO will you be? It’s a great time of the year for all of…
Leadership and General Petraeus
I received the following email from a participant in a recent leadership development program. “You made a comment about general Petraeus today…
Veteran’s Day Represents the Best of Leadership
Veteran’s Day to me represents the best of what leadership is truly about… Imagine living by a set of core values…that are…
Leadership Behaviors and Characteristics
We just completed a three-month leadership training and development program with a client in Colorado. During one of our sessions together, the…
Tension Between Micromanagement and Accountability
In several of my recent team building and leadership development programs, I’ve noticed a tension between accountability and micromanagement. On one hand…
Ignite! in Training Magazine
We are very excited to announce that an excerpt of Sal Silvester’s newest book Ignite! The 4 Essential Rules for Emerging Leaders has…
Victims, Persecutors, and Rescuers
The Rescuer “It’s faster to do it myself than to delegate it to others…” or “If I want it done right, I’m the one…
Are Leaders Born?
“Are leaders born?” This is an interesting question that I am often asked in the leadership development programs we run at 5.12…
Leadership Competencies and Capacities (Part 5)
In this series of posts, we have been exploring leadership development from two perspectives – competencies and capacities. In our last two…