Phil Cole
The Function of Learning (Part 4, The Basics)
Welcome back to The Basics. Check out the posters for the function of learning here. Learning is the beginning of the definition:...
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Phil Cole
- Jun 23, 2021
- 4 min
The Function of Relationships (Part 3, The Basics)
Welcome back to The Basics. Check out the posters for the function of relationships here. The second function in the definition is the...
Phil Cole
- Jun 22, 2021
- 5 min
The Function of Vision (Part 2, The Basics)
Welcome back to The Basics. Check out the posters for vision here. The first function of leadership is vision. In the definition of...
Phil Cole
- Jun 21, 2021
- 4 min
Introducing the Functions of Leadership (Part 1, The Basics)
Welcome to The Basics. Check out the poster for this section here: Our goal here is to introduce the functions of leadership, explain why...
Phil Cole
- Jun 17, 2021
- 1 min
Pre-Orders, Pre-Print, and an Announcement
Pre-print copies of Redefining Leadership arrived... We are taking preorders now. The book will ship on August 1st. Over the next several...
Phil Cole
- Apr 29, 2021
- 2 min
The Metaphor of Motion
I often use a metaphor of motion to explain the connections between vision, relationships, and learning. The goal of the leader is to...
Phil Cole
- Apr 17, 2021
- 2 min
You just finished this book. You are probably thinking, what did I just read? This makes no sense.
You just finished this book. You are probably thinking, what did I just read? This makes no sense. Here is what will happen. You will go...
Phil Cole
- Mar 23, 2021
- 3 min
Jumping in to help with tasks is a Bandaid.
Our focus as leaders is on vision and relationships, not on tasks. In other words, we set the conditions for people to succeed, then we...
Phil Cole
- Mar 10, 2021
- 4 min
Someone Makes a Mistake: The Hidden Functions in Action
Someone performs a specific function wrong. So, the business wastes several hundred dollars of materials. That is a big deal for this...
Phil Cole
- Feb 19, 2021
- 3 min
REVIEWED: Peak (Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool)
Peak, Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool. First Mariner Books, 2017. If there is only one book you read about the learning process, it...
Phil Cole
- Feb 2, 2021
- 2 min
Vision is More Than What You Sell
Vision is more than what you sell. It's more than a product or service. Sure, it is very important to understand your customer and the...
Phil Cole
- Jul 21, 2020
- 2 min
How to Fix the "Say Something Nice" Icebreaker
Here's how to fix the standard icebreaker question, "Say something nice about another person."
Phil Cole
- Feb 13, 2020
- 5 min
The Tub - a Metaphor of Concept Development
As I mentioned before, when I asked people to define leadership, many of the definitions included what I came to call “the three Ts”....
Phil Cole
- Oct 14, 2019
- 3 min
The Moment of Learning
The moment of learning is not when we read the idea or when we try it out for the first time, or even the moment when we think about it...
Phil Cole
- Oct 10, 2019
- 2 min
This is how your boss got to be a leader. And it sucks. Do better.
This sounds crazy, but we aren’t born knowing anything about leadership. Go ahead and argue with me about nature vs. nurture and all of...
Phil Cole
- Sep 25, 2019
- 3 min
Natural Leaders vs. Actual Leaders
Natural leader probably isn't right term. It made you think of someone who's just plain good at something. And some people seem to be...
Phil Cole
- Sep 23, 2019
- 2 min
The Fourth "T" - TASKS
There is one additional thing that leadership is not. It’s a “T” word as well, but it’s a bit different that the other three. This is...
Phil Cole
- Sep 5, 2019
- 5 min
Learning as an Adult - the Adult Experiential Learning Cycle
Learning occurs only when a person changes his or her behavior. That's the end goal, the only measurement that matters. So what does that...
Phil Cole
- Aug 30, 2019
- 1 min
Applying the Definition: Scheduling
I love to talk about leadership as this abstract thing. But I also know that getting to the real world is critical - the only thing that...
Phil Cole
- Aug 29, 2019
- 2 min
What we already know - musings on authoritarianism
The Washington Post reviewed "The Harpers Perennial Resistance Library", a collection of famous writings about humanity swinging between...
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