by Michael Holland Obstacles confront us daily. Leaders get the opportunity to not only overcome their own challenges, but to also guide others to persevere through/over/past their challenges. Matt and Kim Shell are my heroes. They are leaders of a very small team that in 2009 faced challenges that tested the deep reservoirs [...]
By Michael Holland Leaders assume that the organizational structure of their team should stay constant until some outside force tells them they need to think about restructuring. Like robots, leaders just work day-in and day-out facilitating meetings exactly the same way, enforcing company policies, playing politics, wearing the same clothes, month after month. [...]
by Michael Holland We desire to be led by leaders who are fully engaged with us, fully supportive of our growth, completely in tune with our personality gyrations, mature in their patience and perspective of our season in life, insightful to our motivational triggers, and proud of our effort to accomplish and achieve. We can [...]
by Michael Holland I had the opportunity to moderate an armchair discussion between two CEOs for an audience of HR executives. Not surprisingly, a predominant theme during the discussion focused on leadership. Here’s a rundown of some of the salient take-aways from these two CEOs regarding what they look for in leaders. Read. [...]
by Michael Holland Focus, focus, focus. Focusing is difficult in today’s world with so many distractions and opportunities to multi-task. But when does multi-tasking become ineffective? When will you hit the overload critical mass point? At what point is your productivity decreasing? Just say NO! No to that extra project. No to reading every email [...]
By Michael Holland Great leaders are life long learners consuming blog posts, articles, videos and books to gain perspective and increase knowledge. Leverage that driving or flying time - or get away from the in-laws time - this holiday with a good book! Here are 4 books I recommend for this year. Get [...]
by Michael Holland See if you can answer these questions. What team won the last Super Bowl? Name the last 5 Super Bowl winning teams. Who won on last season's Survivor reality TV show? Who were the last 5 winners? What team won the World Series this year? Name the last 5 World Series winners. [...]
By Michael Holland I ran a red light yesterday. Not intentionally, mind you, but clearly I did run the light. I was in a new area and looking for my next turn when I found myself coming up to an intersection with a light that was already yellow. It’s that moment in time, the split [...]
by Michael Holland Sometimes you have to go back to square one of your management training and practice the basics. Sports coaches know well that players must keep their basic skills fully in tune. Pro football coaches bring their guys back to the line again and again during practices to run the same play over [...]
By Michael Holland There was a distinct moment when my first child was born that I awakened to the full weight of being a father. Before that moment of birth, I intellectually understood that I was becoming a father. But upon birth and holding my child in my arms I became distinctly aware [...]
