“Character is the tree. Reputation is the shadow.” — Abraham Lincoln
Earlier this month, Fred Kiel’s new book, Return on Character, caught my attention. Kiel is co-founder and principal at the KRW Research Institute which focuses on creating character-driven leadership cultures.
Today’s Tuesday Reading focuses on managing difficult conversations. Most likely each of us will have at least one difficult conversation today. We’ve all had difficult conversations that have gone badly and we instinctly fear that the one on the horizon will do so as well. Today’s reading is actually a video produced by Fred Kofman. He is Professor of Leadership at the Univer
When discussing leadership we tend to focus on good leadership practices. While this is important, I personally have learned a lot over the years by observing bad leadership practices which I then actively avoid. The recent MOR Tuesday Readings on asking questions made me remember one of these examples of bad leadership, which I call: “Questioning Questioning.”
Today’s Tuesday Reading, Gratitude, is a reflection written earlier this year by Jaime Thompson. Jaime supports IT in the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota and is a participant in the Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) there.
