Entries by Tom Laughlin

Spending Life

This post is an excerpt from my book “Thinking Aloud.” The theme continues to present itself in my conversations with leaders: how to share complex information and challenging perspectives candidly and constructively. I hope you enjoy the essay – and perhaps introduce the questions below as a way to start conversations with your teammates. – […]

Competent Leadership

Competent Leadership “A competency is an underlying characteristic of an individual that is causally related to criterion referenced effective and/or superior performance in a job or situation.” (Source: Competence at Work by Spencer and Spencer) So, what does all that mean?  In simple terms it means that people who perform work at a high level […]

Character Leadership: From the Inside Out

Character Leadership: From the Inside Out This article examines Character Leadership theory as described by Benjamin Beckhart in his book “Lead With Character”.  Beckhart’s leadership understanding and orientation has developed primarily through his extensive experience as a leader rather than an academic or leadership development professional.  This make his views much more practical than theoretical.  […]

Servant Leadership: By Robert Greenleaf

This is the third in our series of posts that will explore the nature and practice of leadership through the lenses of different leadership theories and the biographies of different notable leaders and leadership teams. Here are links to the previous two posts. See a list of other posts in this series at Blog Post […]

Transformational Leadership, Toward a Higher Purpose

This is the second in our series of posts that will explore the nature and practice of leadership through the lenses of different leadership theories and the biographies of different notable leaders and leadership teams. The previous post is On Heroes, Hero Worship and the Heroic in History. Transformational Leadership, Toward a Higher Purpose James […]

On Heroes, Hero Worship and the Heroic in History

This is the first in a series of posts that will explore the nature and practice of leadership through the lenses of different leadership theories and the biographies of different notable leaders and leadership teams. On Heroes, Hero Worship and the Heroic in History Thomas Carlyle (1795 – 1881) was a Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, […]

Coaching Made Simple

Hello, Chad Weinstein here.  I am pleased to introduce Tom Laughlin to this blog, though he’s been a part of ELA since its inception. Tom serves as ELA’s director of publishing and brings broad expertise that has been critical to the success of ELA (and, more importantly, to our clients’ successes). Coaching, the topic of […]