Leader, Full of Grace

Leader, Full of Grace

Fireside chats can generally yield surprising depth and insights. When the chat leader is a CEO and the audience includes high-potential leaders at an executive training retreat, it can be doubly poignant and powerful. Fireside chats afford a crucible for candor and a...
Do You Have Command Presence?

Do You Have Command Presence?

“You can pretend to care, you cannot pretend to be there,” wrote Texas Bix Bender in his book Don’t Squat with ‘Yer Spurs On!   Bender was describing a vital feature of effective leadership—command presence.  People who spend more than twenty minutes in the...