Mandela’s Legacy
I am humbled by the challenge of saying anything about Nelson Mandela that won’t be said more eloquently by others. He was, …
Author Archives: Jim Hessler
About Jim Hessler
Jim Hessler bootstrapped his way from retail work into a successful career as salesman, sales manager, Fortune 500 executive, and corporate turnaround engineer. Along the way, he developed The Leadership Platform, a proven model for training managers to become sustainably better leaders. It became the basis of his leadership primer, Land On Your Feet, Not On Your Face: A Guild to Building Your Leadership Platform. Jim is the founder of Path Forward Leadership Development Services.
Eight Scary Workplace Trends
On a recent Boss Show, I shared some of my deepest fears about the future of the workplace. Since reading “Future Shock” …
Someday No One Will Really Care About Your Business
I was just reading that the Alaska North Slope oilfields will largely play out in my lifetime. My father made good money …
God Forbid — A Complaint!
Just this week I’ve had three different clients say to me “I don’t want to be seen as a complainer.” The word …
Yahoo! Now They Get To Work At The Office!
My biz partner Steve also posted on the Yahoo telecommuting ban – see his post above. And we recorded a special, virtual, telecommuted edition …
I Think I’m Going To Keep Working
I think I’m going to keep working! Years ago the word ‘retirement’ was on everyone’s lips. Retirement planning – the goal of …
The Leadership Drama of Lincoln
Like so many Americans, I have seen Abraham Lincoln as an icon of American culture, a hero, and a monumental personality who …
The Leader as Visionary
Leaders see things others don’t see. (No, I’m not talking about dead people.) They habitually look into the future and create possibilities …
My Message To The Millenials
On a recent edition of The Boss Show, our guest Kim Arellano talked with us about the “demise” of the Baby Boomer …
The Hard Work of Good Relationships
Facebook, and social networking generally, is a crappy model for developing real working relationships. In real relationships we don’t give each other …