JD3-Minute Leadership
The Seven Cs of Team Building: Chemistry
The Right People. The Right Mix. Extraordinary Results. The best team isn't necessarily made up of the best individuals. It's made up of the right individuals. You can assemble a...
Character: The Second “C”
Character is the foundation of trust. Competence may get you hired, but Character determines whether you can be trusted. Last time, we explored Competence, the first of the Seven Cs...
Competence
The first of the Seven Cs of Team Building is Competence. At first, I thought competence could be defined simply as: Talent + Work Ethic. But that is incomplete. A better...
The Seven Cs of Team Building
This week's JD3-Minute Leadership introduces The Seven Cs of Team Building—the leadership philosophy I've developed over nearly three decades of building, leading, and developing teams. Because we're introducing all Seven...
Grow Where You’re Planted
We live in an impatient world. We want the promotion. The bigger responsibility. The recognition. The opportunity to lead. And once we believe we’re ready, waiting for someone else to...
Safe Enough to Disagree
Some leaders say they want honest opinions. What they really want is agreement. They invite debate right up until someone challenges their idea. They ask people to speak freely, but employees quickly...
The Danger of Wishful Thinking
Every leader needs optimism. But every leader also needs the courage to distinguish optimism from wishful thinking. I learned that lesson in an unexpected place. In the early 1990s, my...
Leading When Your Leader Isn’t Leading
Sooner or later, almost everyone encounters a leader who just doesn't get it. Sometimes they're technically brilliant but struggle with people. Sometimes they're caring individuals who simply aren't competent enough...
