A Curator of Strategy, Leadership, Spirituality, and Rock and Roll…. "Changing the world…one "contact" at a time…."
Articles by me or at least mostly by me…
Empowerment and trust is something that seems lacking in certain organizations. Trust has to be built and as such takes time and without trust it is difficult to empower. First evaluate your people...can they handle the authority, empowerment, and trust? If you give too much authority too soon...you can literally be setting your folks up …
Continue reading "Don’t Miss The Greatness…Trust and Empower: DeMarco Banter"
There are several things great leaders do....that make them great. You can tell a great deal about a leader and what drives him/her just by observing their priorities. pri·or·i·ty (pr-ôr-t, -r-) n. pl. pri·or·i·ties 1. Precedence, especially established by order of importance. Ponder any great leader and think about their priority system Was it: Easy …
Been going through a Hemingway phase for about the past year or so...some great life and leadership lessons in his autobiography, biographies and stories... below is a few exerpts of Hemingway talking to his friend about going into writing and pursuing dreams… "Papa" (Hemingway's nickname) I wanted to ask you….I know it is hard for …
There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle. ~ Deepak Chopra At times I find myself tackling BIG problems… in fact, I love big problems…and perhaps it is the curse of vision…that as …
What in the heck is an interrobang? Well… it used to be a key on a typewriter… An interrobang is an exclamation point inside a question mark. This punctuation mark can ask a question in an excited manner, express excitement or disbelief in the form of a question, or ask a rhetorical question. American Martin K. …
Continue reading "3 Questions of the Interrobang: DeMarco Banter"
Having just returned from Catalyst...an amazing Christian leadership conference where 13,000 leaders from across the United States and around the world converged on Atlanta—truly a revolution of ideas that challenged the process and encouraged all to think unconventionally...but, now I am forced to sit and ponder--what do I do with all that I have learned, …
Continue reading "Nehemiah And the Nine Lessons of Leadership from Catalyst: DeMarco Banter"
By J. William DeMarco Huge issue... so many of us think of leadership in terms of position... i.e. I am the manager.... I am the CEO... so I am a leader or positional leadership vice authentic leadership. Many others see leadership only in terms of action...you know these people... LOOK at me... I'M LEADING! Leadership …
Something I have believed in since day one... Everyone wants to succeed and everyone wants to contribute. Of course, I should caveat....the difference is the level of motivation and what motivates the individual. While working for a General Officer several years ago...we had a problem with an individual in the squadron. The General looked at …
Continue reading "4 Simple Steps in Understanding… Everyone Wants to Succeed–DeMarco Banter"
By J. William DeMarco We have been spending a large amount of time as of late...pondering what qualifies a person to be a leader? We are consulting with leadership coaches, RAND and other think tanks...and it is indeed interesting that this question is so hard to pin down with a solid answer. Can we predict …
One of the greatest gifts I have ever received was from Senior Master Sergeant Andy Aupiu. On his retirement from the USAF he passed to me The Maxwell Leadership Bible. Doing some reading through Proverbs today.... I came across some Maxwellian concepts on powerful leaders and how they think...just thought I would share. 1) BIG: …
Continue reading "Top 10 BIG Leadership Thoughts –DeMarco Banter"
Mastermind Century Group 