Recently I spent a few hours in one room with a highly visionary entrepreneur.
Frequently, I seek the company of visionary leaders because they’re a breath of fresh air in a world where target-driven managers dominate.
Tag: Qualities
First Chaos. Then Structure.
I just completed ten stories about each growth cue in my playbook.
It was fun to do. It gave me some structure for five weeks in a row. I basically knew what I was going to write about next.
Sort of.
I knew the topic, but the story still came from what was happening around me.… Read the rest
In 2007 we moved to the United States from Belgium. I had accepted a role at our local business in North Carolina.
While discussing the opportunity, one of the arguments to convince me was that I would be an officer in the company and get the title of Vice President.
The only Vice President I knew at that time was Dick Cheney, and I was not impressed.… Read the rest
What do the leaders you want to follow do well?
Notice the word, want.
There are many leaders in our lives we ‘follow’. After all, we would make our lives hard if we didn’t. But that does not mean we like the way they lead.
Of course, we can choose to leave the companies we work for or the countries we live in (it’s election time), but that’s simply not always an option. … Read the rest