Tomorrow is May 18, a day that every year when it rolls around gives me pause to think and remember what happened long ago. It will be the fortieth anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens. The mountain exploded high up into Earth’s atmosphere and affected people all over the world. I lived a…
In my book Leadership: A View From the Middle, I wrote about people being a manager’s first priority. Here is an excerpt: In order to keep our workforce happy and productive, we need to keep the people happy. How do we do this? The people are paid to work, so what else can we do to make…
The power wielded by a leader is the key to finding the right balance between the task at hand and the situational leadership required to accomplish the task. In situational leadership, the leader chooses a follower to perform the task, based upon several factors. These factors can be classified as internal and external. Internal factors…
