Hi, I’m Jack Dunigan of thepractialleader.com, and today’s leadership lesson, lessons in superlative leaderships, I’m going to you about the power of leverage. Standby. You’ve probably seen the tagline on our website, which says reach further, accomplish more, and work less. Well, that’s an important tagline because it’s not just words, it’s not just this...

Every company and organization has them…or at least they should if they want to remain relevant and viable. Some conduct strategic planning sessions quarterly, others but once a year or so. There really is no “right” number. We hold them at least once a year, and for most companies that’s probably sufficient. You will need...

We all believe things and we believe in things. Our trust rests upon and resides within a certain set of beliefs. And I am NOT talking about doctrine, church dogma, or tenets of religion. I am talking about the set of beliefs we as leaders have, often gone unnamed or unexamined, but held strongly that...

I am putting together my next publishing venture, gathering material from past entries and creating a new self-training program for emerging leaders. It is called “Building Leaders From The Inside Out – A Course In Developing Leaders With Character.” In so doing, I’ve encountered some interesting feedback. One reviewer said that “The leader of a...

  It was an embarrassing display. I was in a another city working for a non-profit organization. The organization’s director , I'll call him Clark, and I were at a local restaurant for dinner. The waitress was having a difficult time that evening and got a couple of things wrong. I watched in stunned disbelief...

Tables were arranged in a shallow U-shape at the front of the room. It was the annual board meeting of a vintage automobile club whose members resided in almost every state. The year had not been a peaceful one when some actions taken by the board provoked considerable anger among many members. The annual meeting...

He was a fair to middling woodworker. On a good day he could complete a project with only one or two mistakes. In his early thirties, he had an inclination to drink and in a place where the price of rum was less than that of milk, staying lubricated was neither difficult nor expensive…unless you...

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