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What’s So Critical About a Support Team in Leadership? Lee Answers in This Brief Interview

Lee briefly shares in this video about the importance of having a support team in both life and work. Ultimately, leaders cannot maximize their success by doing it alone; a […]

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Why Handing Out LinkedIn Recommendations Like Candy Could Kill Your Reputation

By Kendra Lee, President, KLA Group (Editor’s Note: In Lee’s ongoing emphasis on leading with character, courage, and competence, we wanted to share this guest post related to the growing […]

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Announcing the Leading with Honor ‘Courage Challenge’ – A Special Invitation

Lee Ellis defines courage – “I define courage as doing what’s right even when it doesn’t feel natural and doesn’t feel safe. Overcoming fears to do what we know is […]

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Lee Shares Inspirational Thoughts about Leadership Fears and Courage on TBN – Watch Now

Lee had the opportunity to share his POW story and leadership experience recently on Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) “Praise the Lord” weekly live program. Many ideas and thoughts came out […]

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On Leaders and Accountability (Part 5): Seven Tips to Celebrating the Big Payoff

A momentous payoff has just occurred in your team as you’ve applied the guidance in this ongoing series of articles on accountability (previous articles links provided below)—your direct report has […]

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The Latest Recommendation from Lee’s Bookshelf – “The Road Less Travelled” by M. Scott Peck, M.D. – Distinguishing Between Dependency and Love

Author and Leadership Consultant, Lee Ellis, said that he recently re-read this book for the third time! Great read for those leading others in their family, work, or community. Here’s […]

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When Businesses Grow But Leaders Don’t: The Conductor’s Role and Method

Have you ever thought of an organizational leader being a conductor of an orchestra? Or if you prefer, any type of team activity or sport creates the same set of […]

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On Leaders and Accountability (Part 4): How Mentoring and Coaching Builds Trust

In part 3 on accountability, we talked about the importance of clarity–making sure people are clear about expectations and gaining alignment in everything including mission, vision, values, standards, your peculiar […]

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The Latest Leadership Book Recommendation from Lee – “One of the Most Gripping Biographies Ever Published”

Here’s the Latest Recommendation from Lee’s Bookshelf – “The Last Lion 2: Winston Spencer Churchill Alone, 1932-40”. Lee was really energized by this book on Churchill’s leadership during this critical […]

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Doing the Right Thing in Leadership – Lee’s Perspective on “Amazing Race” with “America Live with Megyn Kelly”

Lee’s recent interview on Fox News “America Live with Megyn Kelly” about the recent outrage of an “Amazing Race” TV episode being staged at the B-52 Memorial is a great […]

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Your Honest Feedback – “What do Women Leaders Think of ‘Leading with Honor’?”

In this quick interview, Lee confirms the feedback that he’s getting from women leaders on Leading with Honor. There was a concern that women may not connect with the military […]

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Marking the 40th Anniversary of Returning with Honor—Thoughts and a Courage Challenge

Today marks forty years since the third big release of POWs from Hanoi. It was a wonderful day as we were handed over one a time to an Air Force […]

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