The Leadership Blog
Tips from the General on how to grow into a better leader.
Regressive Leadership
By John Gronski I recently had a conversation with some junior leaders at a company I was providing leadership consulting and coaching. When I asked them about the challenges they were having with leaders they worked for, a common theme surfaced. Many of them...
Up Your Value By Leading Up
By MG John Gronski (USA, Ret) “Leading up does not mean trying to ingratiate yourself with your superiors, being a nagging fault-finder who criticizes people or undermining someone’s authority. Instead, leading up is an “affirmative calling” to help a boss...
Care For Those You Lead
By John Gronski Many times, when we listen to leadership consultants and coaches talk about best practices for leading others, we hear them say good leaders should “care” about the people they lead. But what does it look like when a leader truly exhibits care for...
Humility Cultivates Trust
Humility Cultivates Trust by MG John L. Gronski (USA, Ret) C. S. Lewis was a British writer and theologian. He had a wonderful quote about humility that has provided a nice guidepost that I try to follow. He said, “Humility is not thinking less about yourself. It is...
Look Up To Find Answers
Guest Blog by Randall Doizaki I know “Ain’t” is not a proper word in the English language but it fits well in calling cadence (for marching) in the military and I thought it was appropriate to use with a coworker who I observed so deep in thought that she was missing...
