by Jesse Lahey | Jul 26, 2013 | Blog
Ever feel that leading in the 21st century is like herding cats? Knowledge workers in particular remind me of our two cats, Maple and Jack. The other evening, I saw Maple walking by and felt the rare (for me) desire to pet her. I called her to me, but her attention...
by Jesse Lahey | Jul 17, 2013 | Blog
I was not one of social media’s early adopters. I finally got on Facebook in 2009, roughly the same time as your grandmother. Twitter? Not until 2011. All those hashtags and short URLs confused me. BTW, my first-ever tweet: http://bit.ly/15lCRZW I quickly...
by Jesse Lahey | Jul 14, 2013 | Blog
Last week, I turned 40. Erin had already hit 40, six weeks ago (such a cradle robber). Hitting the big 4-0 hasn’t much bothered either of us. That’s surprising, because we were both rather bothered by our 30th birthdays. I shall be telling this with a sigh...
by Jesse Lahey | Jul 10, 2013 | Blog
You’ve probably heard that drowsy driving is just a dangerous (and perhaps more common) as drunk driving. You would never show up drunk to a business meeting; but are you showing up with insufficient sleep? If so, you probably appear to other people that you...
by Jesse Lahey | Jul 3, 2013 | Blog
Communication is key to being an effective leader. And generally speaking, frequent and fast communication is better. However, many leaders over-do it when it comes to responding to email they receive. By spending most days distracted by their computer or...
by Jesse Lahey | Jun 26, 2013 | Blog
Not convinced that, as a leader, you should be influencing people? Still bothered by the word “influence”? Frankly, so am I. So many people throughout history have misused their influence that it’s hard not to equate “influence” with...
