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Hapening Through Courageous Leadership

Mark Miller, a human resources leader at Chik-Fil-A, says this: “Their willingness to respond with courage, time and time again, makes leaders different from followers.” Do you respond with courage? Courageous leadership is seeing what needs to be said and saying it. I speak often of the virtue of courageous communication. So many times, big problems would have been smaller if those who saw the problem arising would have had the courage to address it.

Howe Q. Wallace July 7, 2014

Leader Or Manager?

Our friend Tamela Townsend pointed me to an article by Vineet Nayer regarding the difference between leading and managing. He made three assertions: Leaders create value rather than count value. Leaders recognize those who can take a project and turn it into value independent from the leader’s action. Rather than monitor and manage, they empower. They create an opportunity to be made in multiple venues at the same time. Leaders influence others rather than construct

Howe Q. Wallace June 30, 2014

Leadership Lessons from Chuck Noll

I read an article about Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Steeler football coach Chuck Noll written by Sports Illustrated’s Tim Layden. Noll passed away last week. In the 1970’s, Noll’s Steelers won four Super Bowls. His four wins remains the best any NFL coach has achieved. Noll never drew much attention to himself. His team was loaded with Hall of Fame players he drafted and coached. Unlike these days where you can see NFL football 24/7

Howe Q. Wallace June 24, 2014

Choose Forbearance

I was studying a Bible scripture where the advice is to treat others with “kindness, forbearance and patience.” I’m familiar with kind and patient, but was iffy on forbearance. I looked it up in the dictionary. To “forbear” is to treat others with patience “even when provoked.” We deal with “provocative” circumstances all the time. People and circumstances arise that cause frustration, anger, irritation, vengeance and, maybe sometimes, violence. A natural reaction to provocation is

Howe Q. Wallace June 23, 2014

Leading For Success

“A guy who gives you less than what he has to give is, one, telling what he thinks of you and, two, telling you what he thinks of himself. –Pete Carril Saw this quote yesterday and it resonated. It tells a story. Captures what we should desire in any relationship. Be it family, spouse, friend, team and/or colleague. The first guy is the one who wants to be well thought of. I want to be

Howe Q. Wallace June 10, 2014

Leadership Skills that Contribute to Employee Engagement

I read a blog by Victor Lipman regarding employee engagement. He said that only 29% of America’s workers described themselves as “engaged” at work. The single major reason workers report disengagement is because of their bosses. Lipman says he thinks good bosses possess five key skills: They listen well. They “get it” which means they are perceptive. They have a clue. They can get to the bottom of a problem. They are in tune with

Howe Q. Wallace April 30, 2014

Are Your Meetings Good?

Are the meetings you are required to attend effective? Do you enjoy them? I heard a great list of what’s included in a great meeting: Meet to evaluate. Every meeting should include time to evaluate how the team is performing. Not only should results and outcomes be reported, but the team should spend time reflecting upon the performance. Satisfied with results? Where are we falling short? If there is good evaluation, it will lead to

Howe Q. Wallace April 17, 2014

Give, Grow, Love and Win

Ran across this quote today: “Give, grow, love and win.” Comes from girls’ basketball coach Chad Hibdon from Murfreesboro, TN, who was selected by USA Today as high school coach of the year. Coaches work to establish a culture. They want their team to operate in a certain way. If they can find a short phrase to describe the culture for the players, it goes a long way toward helping that culture become a reality.

Howe Q. Wallace April 16, 2014

Take the Time to Put Fresh Eyes on a Situation

Fresh eyes see things differently. The “lean” strategies of “going to Gemba” (leaving the desk or the office to spend time at the workplace to see what is going on) and “standing in the circle” (taking time to stand in a circle at the workplace and spend it observing and listening) cater to this understanding. I was visiting with a plant manager who recently took a week to go work on a machine to see

Howe Q. Wallace March 27, 2014

The Power of a Pause

I’m fond of saying that PalletOne leaders “happen to the world” rather than “let the world happen to them.” What I mean by that is that we are engaged. As we join a team, we work actively to participate toward achieving the aims of the game. We can be a follower or a leader. But, in either case, we are contributing. There isn’t anything passive about us. We are there with ideas and suggestions. We

Howe Q. Wallace March 25, 2014

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THE JUICE IS WORTH THE SQUEEZE

“Everything you want is on the other side of ‘hard’.” – CJ McCollum, NBA player McCollum is a story of overachievement. He was undersized. Played college basketball at a non-descript school. Was a long shot to be an NBA player but worked his way to being a first-round draft pick and was a solid star in his 10th year in the league. I heard him describe his approach to the game and his development on a podcast called

Howe Q. Wallace March 25, 2024

HAPPENING TO THE WORLD – A SATISFYING WAY TO LIVE

PalletOne leaders “happen to the world.” What does that mean? A PalletOne leader is confident. Each situation creates an opportunity for service and contribution. We are talented and put those talents to work. We see those around us as having talent. We seek to unlock it. We realize that we can be called upon to take the initiative to improve things at any moment. We act when the situation calls for it. We inspire through

Howe Q. Wallace March 25, 2024

SUFFERING AND CHALLENGES

“Weep, trust, pray, think, shift, hope, grow. Ways to handle suffering.” – Tim Keller Tim Keller was a preacher from New York City. He passed away in 2023. I followed him on Twitter because he tweeted profound thoughts like the one above. You don’t exit life without tough things happening to you. It’s a fact. None of us are exempt. In specific order, Keller gave us seven verbs to consider when challenged: Weep – It’s

Howe Q. Wallace March 22, 2024