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 [...]
When my daughter was 13 years old I found I was saying “no” a lot, or offering a contrary point of view to hers. “No” she couldn’t do something - or I didn’t think something was a good idea – or I had a better suggestion. All of those “no’s” and negativity hit me one [...]
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 [...]
This past week I had the opportunity to talk with two 30-something sisters and their brother from Pakistan. They talked about the violence in their city; the discrepancy in wages earned by Christians and non-Christians; the common practice of woman having a “relationship” with their boss in order to be paid more; and the night [...]
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 [...]
Are you a person that gets “charged up” and excited by tight deadlines? Working under pressure at a rapid pace is energizing to you. But what if you work with others who need time to process information and have a high need to be organized and analytical, or their stress level peaks? Knowing this about [...]
You’re planning a training or off-site with your team. Everyone is excited to get out of the office and spend a couple of days together. You’ve gotten the budget approved – no easy feat - so you want to be certain to get the most from the time together. You plan the agenda Assign pre-work [...]
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 [...]
