Kotter and Learning Leadership
To be a leader in a globalized world, leaders needs to embrace the process of what business leadership expert John P. Kotter calls “learning leadership.”
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Bad Numbers
Recent polling numbers indicate a growing trend in modern America: the public is overwhelmingly discontent with our elected leaders and the general direction of our country.
Quiet Leaders are Conduits of Happiness
Quiet leaders seek every day to be conduits of happiness — dedicated channels through which happiness, giving, and goodness pass to family, friends, and strangers.
The Past Does Not Define Quiet Leaders
We are slaves to the past only by our choosing. For it is only by unwillingness do we refuse to let the past remain there.
How Quiet Leaders Measure a Days Success
To be a quiet leader is to trust that the effect that one has on others will take root in due time.
Quiet Leaders Dare This Moment
Dreaming of a better Tomorrow is, while admirable, still merely an aspiration.
The Tree and the Process
The Quiet Leader Tree’s four separate segments represent the four parts that lead the reader to regain their understanding of leadership.
The Quiet Leader Tree
The Quiet Leader Tree holds not only significant personal meaning, but represents a deep and profound philosophical basis for the book.
October Book Status Update
Approaching the half-way mark in the month of October, it’s time to chart recent progress that has been made on THE QUIET LEADER’s path to publication.
Birth of the Quiet Leader
One year ago tonight, in the very early morning hours of October 6, 2008, I, suffering from an unusual bout of insomnia, sat and started to write in my journal. This is the full entry.
Finding Your Thankfulness (Pt I)
Finding one’s thankfulness is important because when we realize and regularly reflect upon our gifts, privileges, and thankfulness in life, we practice nurturing our appreciation for all we have.
The Living Philosophy on Leadership
THE QUIET LEADER is a living philosophy on leadership that challenges our societal perceptions of what it means to be a leader.
The Power of Effective Leadership, Pt I
Effective leadership can transcend social boundaries. Yet today, more and more tend to associate leadership as being necessarily intertwined with power and money.
The Story of an Autumn Night
One autumn night, I had a terrible bout of insomnia. To pass the midnight hours, I sat under the dark sky and wrote in my journal.
I wondered, is it possible to be a leader without followers? “Perhaps,” I wrote that night, “if we redefine our understanding of leadership.”
Smile at a Stranger
To smile at a stranger is to make an investment in the betterment of your life, the lives of those around you.
A Ship on the Seas of History
History progresses in a forward direction. The course of history enables human civilization to progress along with it. We, humanity, are but a ship on the seas of history.
The Positivity of a Quiet Leader
Positive energy that takes the form of selflessness, charity, giving, and inherent optimism perpetuates widely in those that are touched by a quiet leader’s unique presence.
Positivity is an important mindset and cornerstone of becoming a quiet leader. How does positivity affect others? How does it influence them to become positive, too?
Becoming A Leader Without Followers
THE QUIET LEADER introduces a new philosophy—a radical reinterpretation of leadership that poses one unique question: “Is it possible to be a leader without followers?”
The Radical Effect of The Quiet Leader
Quiet leaders undertake a philosophy that intends to have others consciously or subconsciously emulate their positive attitude and giving nature.
Three Questions, Three Answers
What is an example of someone living the life of a quiet leader? How is this different from moral leadership? What is the point of the book?
The Leadership Problem
While America’s growing distrust of political and economic leaders is disconcerting, it also allows the unique opportunity to redefine and reexamine our societal understanding of “leadership.”
Inner Peace: the Waves and the Tides
To many, the concept of inner peace is so foreign and elusive that it sounds more like science fiction than a “real” state of Being.
The Mountain and the Mountain Climber
Approaching life with a consistent attitude of positivity and optimism is much easier said than done. But, the mindset is an integral component of exercising this special philosophy.
An Interview with the Author
What is the book about? Where does this “societal” perception of leadership originate? Who do quiet leaders “lead” if they have no followers?
