7 Ways to Break Free From Mediocre Leadership
Listen up you mediocre leaders! How come you still make the same stupid leadership mistakes over and over again? I know you know better but you continue to self destruct. Your organization is suffering because you can’t put your ego and pride aside. Why is that? Don’t you want to be successful? Don’t you want [...]
Navigating The Politics of Leadership
Man is by nature a political animal — Aristotle I once worked at a company that boldly stated that it had no politics. They even openly deplored politicians. All decisions, they would say, were based on data. Boy where they wrong. What they should have said is that they deplored bad politicians because any [...]
Vineman Training Update #2 – Roman Style Running
The other day I was on a training run and another runner passed me and said. “Hey, you run Roman Style” What? It took me a couple of moments to realize that he was referring to my sandals. You see, I run in Teva Sandals — Men’s Hurricane XLT’s to be precise. At first, people [...]
6 Ways to Apply Swim Lane Mojo to Small Team Leadership
Swimming is all about technique. Butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle are all highly technical strokes that take years to master. Swim practice is a group activity that creates a logistical nightmare for the lane leader who has to rapidly assess the skills of their fellow lane mates, keep count of the interval and pace the [...]
3 Things Endurance Sports Can Teach You About Leadership
A Guest Post by Joel Runyon I used to think endurance racing was torture. Go run a marathon? Yea right. An Ironman? Ha. 100 mile race? You’ve got to be kidding me. Then I actually tried it. And I realized: endurance racing, while it’s one of the hardest things you can do, is also one [...]
