Thank you, Steve, for joining us last week as a guest host in FC Now! I've created an easy-to-access category on the left-hand side of FC Now so people can immediately get to our week-long discussion of The Radical Leap and what it ...READ»
After 16 years of coaching, consulting and cavorting with thousands of business people in a wide variety of organizations, I find myself coming towards the end of my Fast Company blog-week stint as guest host. Kind of puts me in a ...READ»
A couple of words (and a question, of course) about the Audacity piece of the LEAP framework.
My favorite definition of audacity is, "A bold and blatant disregard for normal constraints." It's a highly-charged word with both ...READ»
For another take on the discussion around dealing with one's own mistakes, errors, foibles and misadventures, check out this essay from the greatest source of news on the web.READ»
Well, it looks like the topic of the public apology has sparked a spirited debate--and it's exactly the kind of discussion that we should be having nowadays.
In an earlier post I quoted Terry Pearce. I urge you to take a look at ...READ»
Thanks for the comments. I promised my opinion so, for what it's worth, here it is:
An apology is always warranted as long as it's real and sincere and followed up with a genuine attempt to change one's behavior. I know some ...READ»
The Extreme Leader consciously and intentionally generates energy. It's not metaphysics (not that there's anything wrong with that), and it's not California touchy-feely hooha crap. (I can say that--I live in San Diego). Energy is ...READ»
It's always been my bias that a business leader should cop to his or her screw-ups. Not only does it foster the human connection, as I suggested in an earlier post, but it gives us all an opportunity to learn from the leader's ...READ»
I'd like to offer a hearty AMEN! to Brian Smith's comment on Heath's post. In fact, I'd say that a person who appears to be flawless as a leader is automatically suspect, because we all know that there's no such thing as a perfect ...READ»
The world of extreme sports is metaphor-rich terrain for Extreme Leadership (obviously, right?) Here's a great site if you want to draw some cool parallels with your own pursuit of the OS!M.
Tell me if you find anything analogous ...READ»
In a comment this morning, Sue said, "Steve, I really enjoyed reading your book...read it in one sitting in fact. Can you speak more about the "proof" part of leadership? What have been some particularly inspiring examples that ...READ»
Love is the Extreme Leader's motivation, in my opinion, but let me add another element to the Extreme Leader's experience: I call it the pursuit of the OS!M.
Extreme Leadership is intensely personal and intrinsically scary. You are ...READ»
Here's another article about love at work--this time from Africa. The quick stories are moving and revealing. For example:
"I would not be doing [my job] if I did not enjoy it. I think job satisfaction is important or else you ...READ»
In a posted comment, David said "Love is a word I save for my wife, my kids and all the other things that are really important in life...I like my job...but at the end of the day it's work."
Well, of course. I love my wife ...READ»
The Extreme Leader's manifesto is to cultivate Love, generate Energy, inspire Audacity and provide Proof. I shared this with the National Conference on Operations and Fulfillment (NCOF) on April 19th in Chicago. When I got back to ...READ»
The word, "extreme," started to become popular with Gen-Xers and was most commonly used, initially, in the phrase "extreme sports." Since then, "extreme," has been used in commercials to describe everything from cars to clothing to ...READ»
This week, Steve Farber will join contributors to FC Now as a guest host. The author of The Radical Leap: A Personal Lesson in Extreme Leadership, the Readers' Choice selection for May, Farber is the former vice president of the Tom ...READ»
