Author’s note: What originally sparked this article were two posts.  One was on the nature of intent by Amber Naslund, and the other on measuring social media.  This month has been a focus on leadership on the Finding Answers Blog.  In business, as in every other factor of life, leadership is sought after.  It is almost like a quest for a holy grail to...

You have been promoted.  On your way towards your new team your boss has given you a review of their capabilities.  They are bad.  Not just bad… really horrible.  Dead last in all measures and getting worse.  You could describe them as the Detroit Lions of your company: perennial underachievers.  Now it is your turn to turn them around and prove that...

In the search to define leadership it seems that everyone can define what a poor leader looks like.  They are called tyrants, micromanagers, egomaniacs, manipulative, and self-interested jerks.  You and I can agree that when we see a bad leader we know it.  We try as hard as heck to get away from them.  The reality though is that what you and I may see as a...

A question was posted recently in one of the groups on LinkedIn asking users to define leadership. The definition of leadership always brings up an interesting question, “how does one truly define leadership?” This post will not pretend that it knows the complete total answer to the question, instead it proposes that you look deep inside yourself to find the...