The Price, Cost and Worth of Leadership. The answer to these 3 questions may determine your opportunities, future and effectiveness as a leader.

What is the price of leadership? The most common price associated with leadership is criticism. If you are the leader, then you are an easy target. Leaders are out-front because they see better, before and beyond the rest of us. When you are In front, you become not only an easy target but in many cases, the first casualty. I am convinced to lead effectively …

Each of us are given only one handful of life. Just one. Unfortunately, in this life, there are no ‘do-overs’ or mulligans. We get only one chance to be a 25 year old or a 55 year old, we do not get to go back and redo any of our years. One problem with this arrangement is we live life moving forward but understand it looking backwards. George Bernard Shaw remarked succinctly that ‘youth is wasted on the young.’ Perhaps not as eloquently the mega …

This past weekend I was sitting on the boat in the middle of a beautiful lake and someone cued some music and before long, some classic rock and roll started to play. It wasn’t long before Pink Floyd arrived and the song “Time” started and all of sudden I was reflecting on my life. Triumphs, shortfalls, miscues, victories, memories – some easily remembered others to painful to forget and I was totally mesmerized by the song. You can listen to this classic rock ballad here: …

Max Dupree stated, “Everything rises and falls on leadership”. I became convinced of this statement and I have pursued leadership ever since. Unfortunately, leadership is one of the intangible things in life you only notice if it is not present and is often taken for granted when it is extant.

People who hold positions or the responsibility of leadership immediately have the burden of ‘high expectations’ placed upon them. It ‘comes with the territory or it comes with the chair’ are phrases often used to describe the pressure …