The Best Ever Leadership Lesson from Traffic School

I’m writing this through some bleary eyes, thanks to the fact that I was up until the wee hours of the morning finishing up traffic school. I did it on-line, in one sitting. Let’s just say I was near the deadline. Many won’t be surprised to hear this isn’t my first time at the traffic school rodeo. (To those who want to comment and berate me, please know I’...
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The Great Temptation You Must Resist

A few weeks ago I attended a business luncheon and found myself on the very long buffet line. As always, I was ravenously looking over the stations ahead, trying to figure out just what was lying in that tin tray up ahead. That was when the woman waiting in front of me caught my eye. Turns out I knew her, but barely. Amy and I met at another luncheon, jus...
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What Great Leaders Know About Screwing Up

I’m not going to lie. I’ve screwed up a lot in life. I’ve made all kinds of mistakes – both stupidly mild and fairly serious. I’ve forgotten the names of people I know and pretended to know people I’ve never met I’ve said the wrong thing -- or done the wrong thing – and hurt people’s feelings I’ve crashed cars and parked illegally I’ve spent too much m...
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