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The Only Ship Built to Sink
Onboard a submarine, crew members must reach a delicate equilibrium of individual vs. team—and too much weight on either side can spell disaster. Read more...
Jake on Leadership Blog Posts
Lose Lose Leadership Dilemmas
You’ve got a tough choice. The performance feedback is in and the message is clear: you’ve been micromanaging your people. They complain about feeling suffocated by...
Authenticity as a Core Competence of Leadership
“Write for five minutes about yourself.” That was all. They were the only instructions we were given. Then we sat together in small groups and...
The Radical Leadership Model of Coach John Wooden
Leadership is an essential element of any successful change effort. I’ve written elsewhere about the powerful approach to develop leadership in organizations through coaching. So that led...
Collaborating to Create More Value: Leadership Coaching and Large Scale Change
There's lots to learn about how to create fast and lasting change from great sports coaches (see my post on the site about John Wooden's...
Coaching Leaders in Large Scale Change Efforts
I’ve written another article here on the site about how solid leadership support is a critical success factor in any change effort. Given my focus on collaboration, large scale change...
Five Words Every Executive Should Use – Or Not
If you don’t recognize the impact and consequences of your lack of commitment to this mission critical project, you’re going to lose your people’s belief...