There’s hardly a day that an opportunity to lead doesn’t occur. Look for the neglected problems, unfulfilled needs, a new or different way to do business – and follow your passion. If you want to lead, you don’t need a special set of marching orders. Step up to the challenge and do it!

Ask great questions – add value
Katie Hood, currently CEO of the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s disease, developed her leadership early in her career. Hood found that by questioning what had been accepted as true, she added real value. As an analyst at Goldman Sachs, she frequently questioned the aggressive bankers she supported. She would ask, “Does this make sense, given these facts?” Continue reading…

I watch the soap opera in Washington with great amazement and a bit of anxiety. Our leaders appear to be taking the country down a road filled with minefields. They speak with distain about Wall Street bankers who were about to drive the country off the cliff, yet fail to see that’s exactly where they could be heading – by creating waves of excessive spending, trillions in new debt, and political maneuvers designed to hide the truth from American citizens, voters, taxpayers.

Although candidate Obama argued for a bipartisan culture, his leadership has created something very different. In the past few weeks, the administration has heightened its attacks against its enemies: Continue reading…

Powerful results come from unlikely sources. How about looking at the potential and contributions of the youngest generation to enter the workforce, Gen Y, also known as the Millennials.

Gen Y is changing companies in very significant ways, proclaimed New York Times Columnist Lisa Belkin  Continue reading…