by Gary Covert | Mar 12, 2023 | Leadership
Try this: challenge yourself to do 100 of anything that pushes you. Your challenge could be: 100 burpees 100 sales calls 100 acknowledgments of your team in 21 days …anything that pushes you a bit I write 100s of blog posts every year and have done so for years. My...
by Gary Covert | Oct 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
“It is like they put a solar panel under a tree.” That was the phrase a CEO used to describe a project that was not living up to its full potential. I think that same phrase can be used to describe what happens when leaders jump in and take too much control. Leaders...
by Gary Covert | Sep 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
If a leader is “doing it all”, then it is likely not being done well. You may have heard of FOMO (Fear of Missing Out). In leaders I often see FOLG (Fear of Letting Go). They try and hold on to too much. It’s a big mistake that will hamper the growth of an...
by Gary Covert | Oct 26, 2020 | Leadership
A friend of ours is a flight attendant and she’s bored. She’s not bored because she is at home, she’s bored because of how her job has changed. She says her work today is just giving flight instructions. She doesn’t like the fact that she doesn’t get to interact with...
by Gary Covert | Oct 18, 2020 | Leadership
The iconic picture of marines hoisting the flag at Iwo Jima (and the WW2 memorial that it inspired) might lead one to think that it captured the scene of the final victory there. It doesn’t. Putting a flag on top of Mt. Suribachi marked a significant achievement on...
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