by David Barrett | May 22, 2019 | Blog, Leadership
“Good leaders are trailblazers, making a path for others to follow. Great leaders, however, inspire their people to reach higher, dream bigger, and achieve greater.” Forbes, April 10, 2014 We see many leaders out there who make things happen, build new products,...
by David Barrett | Apr 24, 2019 | Blog, Leadership
Every once in a while, I get the urge to connect with the Project Management Institute (PMI) Board of Directors to suggest a name change. Project Leadership Institute (PLI) In my humble opinion, not only does it sound better, but it makes a lot more sense. We are...
by David Barrett | Mar 20, 2019 | Blog, Leadership
“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of disengagement to each one who is striking at the root.” Today I want to highlight the comment of one of my readers after the post “Working with Disengaged Teams”. Peter Hadas is a Change Management consultant...
by David Barrett | Mar 6, 2019 | Blog, Leadership
Originally posted August, 2015 I was recently listening to a group of teenagers talk about their summer jobs and most of the talk was a rant about the leadership style that one of them was dealing with. I heard the words, “They don’t set a good example” numerous times...
by David Barrett | Feb 27, 2019 | Blog, Leadership
I have been watching a friend struggle recently as she tries to manage a team of people who were not engaged. Read… ‘they really didn’t care’. The result is demoralizing for everyone: infighting, poor quality work, absenteeism, poor customer service and...
by David Barrett | Feb 13, 2019 | Blog, Leadership, Strategy Execution
I have a friend who loves to innovate. He loves to create new companies, products or services but he isn’t very successful. Whenever you get him talking about the next big thing, inevitably the words ‘and then I am going to sell it and make a fortune’ come...
