Category: Leadership

The Unapproachable Mr. Holmes

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Aug 27, 2015 | Leadership

Sherlock Holmes’ detective skills are second to none. His people skills? Not so much. He’s the epitome of a high performing but unapproachable leader.

Get Your Coworkers to Help You More with This Simple Persuasion Method

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Aug 20, 2015 | Leadership

Great organizational citizenship lesson in this Lifehacker article on how to get others to help....

Approachable Leadership Infographic

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Aug 19, 2015 | Leadership

No study has looked at approachability in a comprehensive way. Nobody has looked at these behaviors from beginning (can I tell the approachable leaders from the unapproachable ones?) to the end (do approachable leaders predictably deliver better work outcomes than the unapproachable ones?) Until now.

The Mantra of Approachable Leaders

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Aug 12, 2015 | Leadership

I ran across this quote from Tom Robbins: “There are only two mantras, yum and yuck, mine is yum.” Approachable leaders also choose the mantra of “yum”. They see a world of possibility and abundance, not a zero-sum world of limitation and scarcity. When they look at those they lead they think “yum” not “yuck.”

Why You Shouldn’t Start With Why

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Aug 7, 2015 | Leadership

Starting with the “why” of the organization gets everything backward. The “why” of your organization is definitely something nice to know. But even the loftiest mission statement isn’t what really gets people out of bed in the morning. Each of us is motivated by our own individual “why” and it isn’t something the leader explains to us. It’s something the leader discovers.