How can you best develop your leadership skills, as well as those of others in the business? Host Jim Karrh talks with Tim Lupfer, author of Leadership Tough Love: Examining Leaders Through the Lens of Reality.
Among the topics that Tim and Jim discuss:
- The two components of leadership – influence and authority – and how they interact
- Leadership lessons to draw from how government officials have attempted to gain compliance during COVID-19
- Why honesty is indispensable for leaders who want to drive action
- A military-history lesson Tim shares from the U.S. Civil War—how the invention of the minié ball changed the practice of “leading from the front”
- The 3 things effective leaders do
- Why generalists tend to be more effective leaders than are specialists
- Tim’s view of the importance of leadership-development programs in business—and his strong view of who should be running them
Links:
Learn more about Tim, his book, and his work:
https://timothytlupfer.com/
Connect with Tim on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothy-t-lupfer/
Learn more about Jim Karrh’s virtual and in-person speaking and training topics:
https://jimkarrh.com/speaking
Check out a sample of Jim’s new book, The Science of Customer Connections: Manage Your Message to Grow Your Business:
https://jimkarrh.com/books
Follow Jim on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/jimkarrh?lang=en
Connect with Jim on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimkarrh
