Leadership

Our very own MEA alum Chris Murchison’s article on how to be a remarkable boss during this crazy time was featured in UC Berkeley’s prestigious Greater Good magazine last week.

“How can I be bored when I’m so busy?” A friend of mine asked this provocative question last week. Here we are experiencing a different kind of GDP (Great-Delicious-Pause), and he was lamenting how full his calendar is and how he’s becoming a “Zoombie,” with all the never-ending video calls.

When in doubt, watch “It’s a Wonderful Life.” While some might see it as just another schmaltzy Christmas movie, if you look a little closer, the film can generate a psychological strength based upon many of the virtues Jimmy Stewart portrays as George Bailey: loyalty, selflessness, resilience, and, ultimately, community hero.

During the past two days, I’ve introduced my PEAK organizational model as well as outlined the first four practices that can help you to “be all you can be” as a leader. I sum-up this series with the final four leadership practices.

Happy 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Over the next two days, I will make my PEAK organizational theory real and prescriptive by introducing eight practices that can help you become a peak-performing leader, which will hopefully help you better navigate these challenging times.

When in doubt, write a book. That’s been my leadership practice for the past 22 years. I have published five books, a few of them bestsellers. But, the one that may be most meaningful to me is “PEAK: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow,” and I think it’s quite topical at this particular time in our challenging economy.

This is the fourth in my series of five Monday video posts focused on leadership lessons during challenging times. Today’s post focuses on how to address a subject that often creates emotions like anxiety and shame.

This is the third in my series of five Monday video posts focused on leadership lessons during challenging times. Today’s post focuses on how to deepen your relationship with customers at a time when you probably have a streamlined or almost no marketing budget.

Based upon the overwhelming response to last Monday’s post, I’m going to create a series of five brief video lessons each Monday for organizational leaders and entrepreneurs. Today’s post will focus on creating a vibrant employee culture in the midst of a difficult environment.

Entrepreneurs and their employees are the lifeblood of the American economy. Small businesses create almost two-thirds of new jobs and represent the majority of existing jobs in the U.S. I feel a deep sense of empathy for the sleepless nights so many entrepreneurs are going through right now.