by Jimmy Collins | Apr 1, 2020 | Creative Followership, Leadership
A young man asked, “Mr. Drucker, what is the most important decision an executive must make?”Peter Drucker replied, “The most important decisions that executives make are people decisions.” His advice resonates through my mind today as if he had just said it a minute...
by Jimmy Collins | Mar 18, 2020 | Business, Creative Followership, Leadership, Management, Uncategorized
There are leaders, and there are followers; this is not a complex idea. As a matter of fact and by definition, there is no leader unless there are followers. A leader is someone who has followers. There is no need to add adjectives to leader to...
by Jimmy Collins | Mar 11, 2020 | Business, Leadership, Professional Development
As soon as she saw it, my thirteen-year-old granddaughter, McKibben said, “That sign is unnecessary.” How many of these have you seen? I have seen signs like this in many places. Most often they mark sidewalks that will never be used simply because they go...
by Jimmy Collins | Feb 19, 2020 | Leadership, Professional Development
I learned a principle early in life, while playing softball, that guided me when confronting the biggest challenges in my career. I discovered it is OK to ask for help. We all find ourselves in need of a little help. Some lessons come to us early in life. I...
by Jimmy Collins | Feb 5, 2020 | Business, Leadership
Measuring the wrong things? You will get the wrong results! Guaranteed! Can you recognize when someone is measuring the wrong things? Do you see the similarity of these two incidents? I had just checked into my favorite motel in Johnson City, TN, and then asked for my...
by Jimmy Collins | Jan 29, 2020 | Career, Creative Followership, Customer Service, Followership, Leadership
Truett Cathy told me what he wanted me to do, but he did not tell me how to do it. A good boss gives direction by telling workers what he wants and he leaves it up to them to figure out how to do it. He let me use my initiative and creativity to get the job...
