How to Slay Mr. Complacency

Leadership, Leading Young Leaders

By now, your yearly goals or new year’s resolutions may have begun to make that fatal transition from a daily motivational compass to a mere “good idea” you dreamt up a couple months ago. The temptation toward complacency is a pervasive reality in our fallen world,...

Managing or Leading?

Leading Young Leaders

In his book, On Becoming a Leader, Warren Bennis discusses the difference between managers and leaders. Leaders, he says, are those who master their context, while managers are those who simply surrender to it. Here are twelve other differences that Bennis says are...

How to Handle Your Haters

Leading Young Leaders

We all know them, and none of us like them. Whether its an abrasive boss or a break-room bully, there are those at work who simply grate on our nerves and leave us contemplating our resignation toward the end of each week. Unfortunately, turning in a two-weeks’...

No Partcipation Trophies

Leading Young Leaders

I want to preface this post with an expression of sympathy for those who’ve experienced job loss or significant pay cuts in recent years, especially those experiencing such hardships through no fault of their own while working as diligent as possible to make...