by Dr. Jeff Van Meter | Apr 10, 2018 | Human Leader, Leadership
I was feeling a little alliterative as I wrote my subject line this morning. Ok. It wasn’t this morning anymore it was a week ago. Which actually illustrates what I am about to talk about… You know if you read just about any book, article, post, meme, or...
by Dr. Jeff Van Meter | Jan 31, 2018 | Human Leader, Leadership
Hey all! FYI, this is a longer post and no tl;dr. I’ve been thinking about the phrase ‘Trust Your Gut” lately. You’ve heard “trust your gut,” or that “your first response is usually correct,” and there are many many times when that is true. Trusting...
by Dr. Jeff Van Meter | Jan 22, 2018 | Human Leader, Leadership
The last post was a short post about imperfect leaders and how it was ok to be imperfect. Near the end, I wrote that imperfect was different than toxic. So I feel compelled to write about toxic leaders. Compelled but not eager. Actually, Not only am I not eager, I...
by Dr. Jeff Van Meter | Jan 16, 2018 | Human Leader, Leadership
The Divided States of America celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. day on Monday. My inbox and perhaps yours was filled with tributes to this man and the civil rights movement he both championed and was martyred for. And rightfully so, Dr. King deserves the accolades he...
by Dr. Jeff Van Meter | Jan 8, 2018 | Human Leader, Leadership
Continuing the series on Leaders as Performers, I’ve stated that performing is real behavior in a manufactured environment (credit to the Ports at Heroic Public Speaking), and that performing is not a manipulation of others. Performance is, however, influencing....
by Dr. Jeff Van Meter | Nov 30, 2017 | General, Human Leader, Leadership
In a prior post on Leaders as Performers, I argued that leading, like performing, is real behavior in a manufactured environment. “But wait,” you say, “you’re really talking about manipulating people into doing what you want them to do.” While you’re not entirely...
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