It is so easy to "calibrate" -that is, given the pressures on a smaller company to redefine in less ambitious terms- that which you are in business t…

- Kevin Allen

First, define your credo- the belief system of the organization. Secondly, define your real ambition, or where do you want to go as a collective comm…

- Kevin Allen

What I've come to realize is that emotional intelligence, which I define as buoyancy, was the only way I knew how to lead, and is, in my option, the …

- Kevin Allen

Once you demonstrate to your team that you put them on the same plane of priority as yourself, you will create an environment, and a culture that wil…

- Kevin Allen

All buoyant leaders are driven by a real ambition- that is, what is being created that didn't exist before- and one criteria for that real ambition, …

- Kevin Allen

Maintaining patience, being generous, and helping your peers takes time, and no small amount of emotional fortitude. But it brings an exponential dif…

- Kevin Allen

At the end of the day it's really easy to be a great leader when things are going well. The real test, whether or not you believe in being an emotion…

- Kevin Allen

True buoyant leaders can never communicate in percentage points, or charts and figures. First and foremost, they must be storytellers, communicating …

- Kevin Allen

Survival in the demand economy depends on and requires experimentation, risk taking, and trial and error.

- Kevin Allen