by David Phillips | Jan 18, 2021 | Featured, Leadership
John. Buchan (1875 – 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada. He basically invented the spy novel. I ran across a quote attributed to him that says this: The task of leadership is not to put greatness...
by David Phillips | Jan 11, 2021 | Featured, Leadership
Part of leadership is solving problems. We look at the situation, see issues and help develop a process to deal with the problem and grow the organization. But what if we are the problem? What if the issue is that we are not putting our people in the best situation?...
by David Phillips | Jan 3, 2021 | Feature Articles, Leadership
There are, in most every organization; people who are gifted in one specific area, be it programming, art, sciences, etc. But they are, just for the lack of a better term, jerks. While we won’t get into the specifics of WHY they act this way, as they are different for...
by David Phillips | Nov 29, 2018 | Featured, Formation, Leadership
In November 2018, I did a podcast on the need for consistency in leadership. I wanted to expand a little on that idea by putting together a post on the topic as well. I wanted to share a concise set of reasons that consistency is important in leadership, whether...
by David Phillips | Mar 8, 2018 | Leadership, Productivity
So I finished Daniel Pink’s new book, When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing. It was an eye opening book and I have decided to blog through some of the important things I found. Today, we look at how to begin, and how to begin again. Beneath the surface of our...
by David Phillips | Apr 27, 2017 | Leadership
In 1989, I tore my ACL playing football. The doctor at the time told me that since I wasn’t going to play professional football, it didn’t need to be fixed. So I did a little rehab and went on my way. A few months later, I was walking down a hallway, and...
