A new Leadership Development Carnival

Posted on September 7, 2009 by Michael Ray Hopkin

The Lead on Purpose blog is featured in the September Leadership Development Carnival of Dan McCarthy’s Great Leadership blog. September’s Leadership Carnival brings together links to more than 25 fresh posts on topics such as employee development, identifying true leaders and beating stress. You’ll find posts from great bloggers such as Wally Bock, Art Petty, [...]

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Top 100 leadership blog

Posted on September 4, 2009 by Michael Ray Hopkin

The Daily Reviewer has name the Lead on Purpose blog one of the top 100 leadership blogs. It is a tremendous honor to be named to this list with other great blogs such as Seth’s Blog, Management Excellence, The Best Horse Sense (a personal favorite since I grew up on a ranch), Great Leadership, the [...]

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Provide opportunities for success

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Michael Ray Hopkin

I’m away this week, so I “pre-loaded” my blog with a link to a great post. Too many leaders fail to provide opportunities for their team members to achieve things they might never have believed they were capable of achieving. Today’s links come from Art Petty at Management Excellence. In his post Taking Chances on [...]

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Providing value

Posted on July 13, 2009 by Michael Ray Hopkin

Previous posts have discussed the word ‘value’ as a verb — the act of appreciating, respecting or esteeming others. However, when it comes to providing value, words like worth, importance or significance apply. What are you doing to provide value to your organization? What significance do you bring to the table? As a leader, how [...]

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Does your firm have the wrong type of leaders?

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Michael Ray Hopkin

I’m out camping in the mountains this week, far away from the connected world, so I “pre-loaded” my blogging gun with a link to a great post. Today’s links come from Art Petty at Management Excellence. Art recently wrote two powerful and popular posts about the “villains, thugs and hoodlums masquerading as leaders” and why [...]

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Success is not a zero-sum game

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Michael Ray Hopkin

In game theory and economic theory, zero-sum describes a situation in which one person’s gain is exactly balanced by another person’s loss. In games like chess, one person wins and the other loses. The win (+1) added to the loss (-1) equals zero. Life in the business world at times feels like a zero-sum game. [...]

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Moving forward

Posted on December 15, 2008 by Michael Ray Hopkin

People go through many stages in their lives. Nobody is immune from difficulty. One of the key traits of great leaders is their ability to move forward despite the difficulties they face. Not only are they inspired to move forward themselves, but they also inspire others to advance with them. Many methods exist to help [...]

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