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Thomas Jefferson's 10 Rules

Leadership Lessons From Thomas Jefferson

A lot has been written about our Founding Fathers over the years.  Obviously, Thomas Jefferson was one of them.  He eventually became the 3rd President of the United States.  He is well known for drafting the Declaration of Independence.  President Jefferson was selected for this task because he had clear handwriting and he had a special way with words. Over time, Thomas Jefferson developed a list of axioms for personal behavior that he would share with his family and friends.  This advice developed into Thomas Jefferson’s 10 Rules of Life and was published in The Western Farmer as early as 1839. On a trip to Washington, D.C. in early 2018, my wife and I visited the Jefferson Memorial.  There, I stumbled across a small postcard with Jefferson’s Ten Rules imprinted on it.  I couldn’t believe that I had never heard about Jefferson’s list before.  I quickly purchased the postcard and sat down and reviewed it.  The simplicity and universal applicability drew me Jefferson’s 10 Rules of Life.  These axioms are as relevant today as when they were written. If followed, I am confident this list will help you be a better leader and a better person. Let’s take a quick…

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10 performance measurements

10 Performance Measurements to Judge Yourself as a Leader

I recently received my 2-Minute Monday Motivator in my email box from my friend, Rick Houcek.  Rick is a strategic planning coach, self-motivation workshop leader, keynote speaker, CEO coach and author.  He also happens to be a resident of Dunwoody.  Rick’s Monday Motivator is worth the read.  Sign up here to receive his free weekly newsletter. Anyway, in Rick’s latest newsletter, he discusses the criteria we should use as leaders to judge our performance and make sure that criteria lines up with our stakeholders.  In other words, we should judge ourselves by the same criteria those we lead judge us. Job Performance Criteria for Presidents Rick provided a list of criteria used by historians to judge the performance of United States Presidents according to USA Today.  Here is the list. Public persuasionCrisis leadershipEconomic managementMoral authorityInternational relationsAdministrative skillsRelations with CongressVision/Agenda settingPursuit of equal justice for allPerformance within the context of his times Although this is a great list, it really doesn’t work well for trying to judge our performance as law enforcement leaders.  As Rick pointed out, historians agree you can’t really measure the effectiveness of a president until 50 years later. Since we can’t wait 50 years to find out…

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7 Apps to Help You Be More Productive as a Leader in 2019

It is hard to believe that 2019 is here.  Time seems to slip by so quickly.  I recently celebrated my 10th anniversary as the police chief of the Dunwoody Police Department.  It seems like I only started here yesterday! A new year brings with it an opportunity to look back at the previous year and think about how you can improve as a leader in the coming year and set new goals for the year. I don’t know about you, but I am always searching for new applications and/or technology that can help me be more organized, efficient or that will equip me to be a better leader. I thought I would share some of my favorite apps and tell you why I like them. Let’s get started. 1. Grammarly Grammarly automatically detects spelling, grammar, punctuation, word choice and style mistakes in your writing.  You can copy and paste text to check inside the Grammarly Editor or you can add a free browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Edge.  The browser extensions allow Grammarly to check you text when you are writing online using Gmail, Facebook, LinkedIn and other similar sites.  Grammarly also integrates with Microsoft Office.  The free…

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