Here’s an idea for LPM leadership. We’ll welcome spring with the ending of our three-part series on charisma. Again, we recommend viewing the Simon Sinek video that forms the basis for this series. It’s both entertaining and...more
Charisma, like extroversion, may be highly overrated. You don’t need to be charismatic to inspire people, at least according to leadership consultant Simon Sinek, one of my favorite authors and speakers....more
Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Barack Obama are pretty obvious examples. Oprah Winfrey and Elon Musk? Not so much. But they all share a much-aligned and frequently misunderstood personality trait. If you guessed that they...more
As any Manhattanite will tell you, it doesn’t take long to walk 10 short north-south blocks. It’s less than half a mile. But when you’re under 770,000 tons of hard rock, it’s a very long distance. That was the scene in...more
You’ve probably heard of Brené Brown. She has an intriguing combination of books and Ted Talks on leadership, vulnerability, and a host of other things. She’s also a sober alcoholic, an ex-Catholic, and, according to her...more
In part 1 of our series, we talked about the significance of why for any high-performing law firm. Success is not about how phenomenal your lawyers are and the impressive list of clients. Rather, it’s about delivering value....more
There are many great business books written every year. But one of the best books of all time that has particular relevance right now is over a decade old. That’s ancient by today’s standard, but Simon Sinek’s “Start with...more