Recent Articles from Carol Alm
Leaders: Trust your gut
The percentages vary, but leaders of all varieties are trusting their gut more than ever before. Eons before Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Blink: the Power of Thinking without Thinking, hit the best seller list, leaders have practiced gut check as a leadership skill. As early as 1937, Napoleon Hill talked about the power of the “master […]
The ego of leadership
So why does ego get such a bad rap as in egomaniac, ego driven, or egotistic? Especially when the quality of your leadership depends upon an ego that is effective and active enough to support a small group or an entire organization. Your ego is designed to help you stand up and stand out. It […]
To thine own self be true
Did Shakespeare get it right? It’s hard to honor thine own self, if we are not clear about who we are, in both transitions and transactions. Are we our education, salary, or job title? Are we defined by the car we drive, the house we live in, the clothes we wear? When we are in […]