Metaphor Madness of Leadership: Put a Stamp on It

Dr. Z. has given instruction to staff that it is time to rekindle the leadership metaphor madness that was launched in the spring of this year. He said it might help anyone who is 6 months from and 6 months to the NCAA March Madness Basketball. So here we go with a little love…

Leaders are like postage [...]

How to PowerPoint – Watch the Video not the slide

Watch the following video by Don McMillan on how to capture your audience with PowerPoint.

The Shortest and Most Powerful White Paper on Leadership Ever Written

Dr Z.’s Leadership Institute staff have been doing extensive and exhaustive research in July and have now developed the quintessential leadership whitepaper.
Okay, we admit it wasn’t the whole month we worked. Would you believe that we put in a full week? If not, would you believe that we spent a full day on it? Okay we [...]

Leadership is like a knife

Dr. Z presents another in his series of leadership metaphors.

Leadership is like a knife:

You need to stay sharp.
You have to make cuts in budgets, people, or roast beef.
You spend a good part of the day just hanging around.

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Thought Leadership: Snap snap, grin grin, wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more?

 
Have you noticed the rise of a new term in leadership. Thought Leadership.
According to Wikipedia (the on-line source to decrease the need to think):
Thought leader is a buzzword or article of jargon used to describe a futurist or person who is recognized among their peer mentors for innovative ideas and demonstrates the confidence to promote [...]