I believe everyone can be a leader regardless of personality or background. Leadership isn’t for a lucky few; it’s for those who practice the micro-skills of getting people on their side and keeping them there.

It’s an interesting exercise to think about how people catch their “big break.” Usually we think of “big breaks” as cases of pure luck. It’s easy to think that a person only begins to “make it” after being in the right place at the right time.
But that’s hardly the case as MediaBistro’s series, My First Big Break, illustrates.  Success isn’t simply built on luck, it’s built on hard work, tenacity, and humility.
The series asks six …

You can write, you can teach, you can lecture, you can train, but in the final analysis the test of your ideas is in the hands of the practitioners.
At this point in my career the highest point of flattery is to hear someone say, “Your leadership model works,” “It makes a difference,” or “It’s of some use.”
On top of that, having put such emphasis on the micro-political skills as an essential aspect of leadership, what …

Fighting for what you believe in is part of leadership. Getting people’s attention is part of convincing the world that you should have the opportunity to lead. But is there a limit? Can you actually go too far in your attempts to become a leader? A relative unknown and a big-time underdog by the name of Dan Adler is running for Congress in California’s 36th District. Bold and sometimes odd campaign commercials are nothing new, but Mr. Adler’s latest …

If you are at all curious about the invisible flow of on-line information you need to see and hear this TED talk by Eli Pariser. It will make you take a second look at the Internet and your place within the new world it is shaping.
Oh and I should also note that I stumbled across this video in my Facebook feed today. Trust me, after you watch the video this seemingly minor bit of information will become much more than just a …

The people at oBizMedia have made a nice video / infographic that asks: what would the world look like without Facebook?
They conclude that in a cruel, Facebook-less, world we would not have an easy way to share pictures with our friends. Nor would we have an effortless way to invite friends to parties.
Thank goodness for Mark Zuckerberg and co.
oBizMedia does a better job dressing up interesting Facebook facts. Did you know that the average Facebook …