What can Pittsburgh and its many bridges teach us about leadership?
1: Be sure to question narratives — like the claim that Pittsburgh has more bridges than any other city in the world (“…even Venice!”) before you unwittingly undermine your credibility…
ECC Future Leaders Mid-Year Meeting, April 2022: Inspiring Conscious Leadership
2: Unless you want to be a leader who is as nausea-inducing as a certain Dave Matthews Band Chicago bridge incident was in 2004, audit your communication approach…
The Energy Detox, Episode 82: Are You Unwittingly Dumping Toxic Waste Into Corporate Waterways?
3: Many many rock-star individual contributors fail as leaders, and you can reduce the odds of such failures by channeling the unique attributes of a covered bridge…
The Energy Detox, Episode 126: Widen Your Span: Why Rock-Star Individual Contributors Fail as Leaders
4: Channel the fruits of Pittsburgh bridge engineer George Ferris, whose invention provides a model of consistency, reliability, visibility, and predictability your stakeholders demand…
The Energy Detox, Episode 96: Oil & Gas Leadership: Roller Coaster or Ferris Wheel?
5: Before using precious time, energy, and resources to “preserve & protect” existing systems and infrastructure, determine if a “demolish & dispose” approach might be best for all parties…
The Energy Detox, Episode 76: Fern Hollow Framework: Demolish & Dispose vs. Preserve & Protect
6: Ask what connections of yours — personal and professional — need to be demolished…
The Energy Detox Podcast, Episode 12: Leadership Implosions and the Benefits of Blowing Up Your Internal Connections
