The intuitive leader

Over many years of working with leaders, I’ve found that the more intuitive a leader is the more difficult it is for them to replicate themselves. They just intuitively know what do to and aren’t able to explain or articulate it to others; it feels mysterious to them...
End of the trail: celebration at the destination

End of the trail: celebration at the destination

Note: part of a series from From Followers to Leaders.  See Feb 21 blog entry for backstory. Eventually, the new leaders reach the end of the path. They may have gained competence in a particular area, or accomplished a specific goal such as multiplying a small group...

Support networks: campfire conversations

  Note: part of a series from From Followers to Leaders.  See Feb 21 blog entry for backstory. We’re not on this journey alone. And we’re not on it just with our guide. We’re on it with our fellow hikers, our peers, our teammates. There are other people trekking...

Ongoing support: along the trail

  Note: part of a series from From Followers to Leaders.  See Feb 21 blog entry for backstory. Even after people have started out along the path and we’ve provided some on-the-job training, we’ll still need to provide continuing support. The challenges our...

Show-how training: beginning of the trail

  Note: part of a series from From Followers to Leaders.  See Feb 21 blog entry for backstory. To the degree that learning content doesn’t incorporate experience, it begins losing value. Conversely, learning that incorporates experience is exponentially...

Orientation: the trailhead

  Those who decide in the parking lot that this journey sounds like a good idea will move on to the trailhead. We might expect that once people have left the parking lot and decided to hike the path, they would just get on the trail and start going. Not so. It...