So, I started this blog and then did not post anything for a long time. I will try to do better in the future. I have been busy these past few weeks. Mostly trying to get my consulting business off the ground. The other area I have been working on is my book. I just published a new book called: Time Management for Peak Performance: Practical Plans for Practical People. I also conducted a seminar last Wednesday for the O'Fallon Chamber of Commerce based on the book. We had a little over 25 people there that morning and it went very well.
My leadership message for this week is to work on improving your time management skills. I have never come across any leader who said they did not need to improve in this area. We should all take a close look at how we are setting goals, planning our time and forming good habits. Chances are we each have room for improvement. Make a commitment this week to getting better. Take a class, read a book or at least talk to other leaders to find some new best practices. If you want to read a book...I might as well tell you how to get mine. Go to my web site: www.leadershipbasecamp.net and you can order one there. Good luck and keep developing your leadership skills.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Who is a Leader?
There are so many books and web sites out there already about leadership, why start a blog? That has been the question I have been asking myself for a long time. I guess that it just came down to this being the right time in my career and my life.
I have always been passionate about training others. Even before I formally got into the field. It just seemed like the right thing to do, it made them happy, and I could not help be notice how much easier it made my life. I am a firm believer that my ability to teach others is a gift.
When this lead me to the training field I found myself focused in the area of management training. The line was often blurred between management training and leadership training. For me, the difference is: managers focus on maintaining things as they are (making sales plans, hitting budget goals, payroll forecasts, operations tasks, etc...); and leaders take their people and the company forward (new businesses, unexpected directions, able to see new opportunities, etc...).
So that brings me to our first question: Who is a Leader? Must you have a title that give you authority over others? Are all managers leaders? Can you be a leader and not work in the business world? (Yes, I know that is more than one question.-The rest are just to make us think.)
I would love to hear from others. Leave me a comment if you like. I promise to read them all.
Ken
I have always been passionate about training others. Even before I formally got into the field. It just seemed like the right thing to do, it made them happy, and I could not help be notice how much easier it made my life. I am a firm believer that my ability to teach others is a gift.
When this lead me to the training field I found myself focused in the area of management training. The line was often blurred between management training and leadership training. For me, the difference is: managers focus on maintaining things as they are (making sales plans, hitting budget goals, payroll forecasts, operations tasks, etc...); and leaders take their people and the company forward (new businesses, unexpected directions, able to see new opportunities, etc...).
So that brings me to our first question: Who is a Leader? Must you have a title that give you authority over others? Are all managers leaders? Can you be a leader and not work in the business world? (Yes, I know that is more than one question.-The rest are just to make us think.)
I would love to hear from others. Leave me a comment if you like. I promise to read them all.
Ken
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