by Joseph Lalonde
There are a lot of reasons to be scared when you lead. You’re influencing others to take actions they may not normally take. You have power over their finances and, to an extent, their personal life. You are also impacting your customers’ livelihoods with...
by Joseph Lalonde
It’s so easy to focus on the future. Of the things to come. Of your dreams and visions. Doing this is what leaders are supposed to do, right? Right… and wrong… Forward-thinking leadership is great. You’re able to plot out a course of action....
by Joseph Lalonde
We spend a lot of time at our workplaces or with our coworkers. So much so, they often feel like they’ve become family. Rightfully so… We spend more time with our coworkers than we do with our actual families. But are workplaces really family? I’ve...
by Joseph Lalonde
When you’re starting out in leadership, leadership seems so big and overwhelming. There’s so much to do. There’s so much to change. There’s so much to impact. And you’d be right. There is a lot involved in leadership. Almost too much for...
by Joseph Lalonde
Let me tell you The Tale Of The Crossroads. It’s a story many of us have experienced. Few have been able to put it into words. There once was a wise figure, a Rabbi named Yehoshua ben Hananiah. He was journeying to a town far away. To get directions, he...
by Joseph Lalonde
When you think about leadership, how would you define it? What if I made you define leadership in terms of a thermometer or thermostat? What would you choose? Leaders often lead in one of two ways. They’re either the thermometer or the thermostat. Only one of...
