Right Wisdom

How many of you remember the show “Frasier”. It starred Kelsey Grammer as a radio psychologist doling out advice over the airwaves. His phrase when people would call up his radio show was “I’m listening”. Leaders should take this advice and use that phrase as a way to better understand the needs of their followers. I am focusing on listening over the next several days. It is a skill that all leaders should embrace and improve upon if it is a weakness. Listening helps leaders better understand needs and then can react to meet the needs of their followers. If you take Dr. Frasier Crane’s advice as a leader and say “I’m listening” I think you will find that your followers will open up and will want to follow your vision. Here are some things to do to make sure that you are listening. Hold a one on one meeting with your followers and let them do the talking. Ask for input about how things are done and if the suggestions are reasonable implement some of them. Show you care ...

Have you been enjoying my leadership walk through the decades of the 20th century? We started in the 1920s and have compare leadership styles to the roaring 20s, the depression and dustbowl of the 30s and World War II of the 40s. Today we are going to look at the 50s. The 1950s, the decade after World War II. The decade that saw the rise of communism and the cold war. The 1950s also saw the rise of rock and roll and the television. It also had its threats as America feared the threat of nuclear proliferation and a space race between Russia and America. What do the fifties tell us about leadership? Some words come to mind when I think of the fifties, lasting innovation, competition and reactionary. The events that occurred in the 1950s were not all positive. The Korean war happened and the threats of communism and nuclear weapons also were evident. I want to focus on the positive aspects because I believe the negatives helped to make the positives stronger. If you are a 1950s le...