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Reflections on Leadership — January 2024 Recap

Published over 2 years ago • 1 min read

Reflections on Leadership — January 2024 Recap

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Here’s a recap of the various leadership articles, tips, videos, and merch. Karl Bimshas Consulting shared in January. If you’re a frequent reader, please share your thoughts via the Content Satisfaction Survey. We’d love to know what you think so we can continue to make the content we produce valuable to you.

January Articles

​10 Overlooked Qualities Leaders Must Improve in 2024​
​Effective leadership requires regular self-improvement. While many leaders focus on specific skills or expertise…karlbimshas.medium.com​

​Motivation, Inspiration, Reward & Recognition​
​Motivation is a short-term force driven by external factors, often rooted in fear or a sense of lack. Inspiration is…karlbimshas.medium.com​

​The Leadership Scorecard​
​People intuitively know the difference between an effective leader and a lousy leader.karlbimshas.medium.com​

​Essential Leadership Traits: Empathy and Curiosity​
​Empathy and curiosity are traits a great leader instinctively calls upon and a lousy leader cannot comprehend.karlbimshas.medium.com​

​Vision, Passion, Action​
​You need a combination of vision, passion, and action to achieve exceptional performance.karlbimshas.medium.com​
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​It's Journal Season!​
​Target your personal and professional development with "messy" journalingkarlbimshas.substack.com​GO ​

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​Your Guide to Finding Purpose, Setting Goals and Maintaining Successkarlbimshas.substack.com​

​Where to Start Your Leadership Development​
​Six questions to helpkarlbimshas.substack.com​

​When Lousy Leaders Panic​
​It's because good things are happeningkarlbimshas.substack.com​

​Wk 4 - Connect Thoughts and Emotions for Greater Awareness​
​Hello Reader, ​ ​ As a leader, it's important to recognize that emotions and thoughts are interconnected. Emotions can…karlbimshas.ck.page​

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about 8 hours ago • 4 min read

July 4, 2026 Hi Reader, My annual 4th of July Essay ... America Isn't Drifting. Its Leadership Is. For two and a half centuries, the founders have been treated with reverence and reproach. They deserve both. That is honesty. They were brilliant, courageous, ambitious, and deeply flawed, proclaiming universal rights while denying them to many. Their imperfections do not diminish their achievements. They remind us that enduring ideas do not require perfect authors. The Declaration of...

4 days ago • 3 min read

Reflections on Leadership Drift When Direction Drifts, Revenue Follows Leadership Drift This Week Organizations rarely wake up one morning and discover they have a revenue problem. More often than not, they have spent months developing a leadership problem they never recognized. Revenue has flattened. Margins have tightened. Teams are working harder than ever, yet strategic initiatives stall while less important work continues to receive time, energy, and attention. Every department can...

7 days ago • 3 min read