John Addison, Author at Addison Leadership Group, INC.

Why Real Leaders Do What Is Right

So often, I hear leaders say a choice they made was a “matter of principle.” I find myself thinking an awful lot that that doesn’t mean what they think it means. Especially when, more often than not, it’s pretty obvious their decisions and actions had a lot less to do...

How to Find Your ‘Why’ in Life

Entrepreneurs Who Win

In 1981, after I’d been working at Life of Georgia for about a year, I was moved into their management trainee program. A lovely, very intelligent young woman named Loveanne was hired to replace my old position. I was smitten and luckily she was, too. About a year...

How Positive Thinking Impacted My Life

Leadership and Personal Growth

How Positive Thinking Impacted My Life In February 2006 I suffered a massive stroke. It nearly killed me and the blood clot it formed almost totally wiped my cerebellum. The doctor said the fact I endured such a major health event and was able to walk and talk...

Why You Need to Embrace Change

Business Success, Courage and Bias for Action

Why You Need to Embrace Change I grew up in Georgia during the Civil Rights Movement. As a matter of fact, I was entering eighth grade in 1969 when the Supreme Court ordered the immediate desegregation of all public schools. A lot of the white families pulled their...

The Hawthorne Effect: Let Your Light Shine on Others!

Cultivating Leadership, Perspective and Positivity

The Hawthorne Effect: Let Your Light Shine on Others! I’ve met a lot of great men and women in my life. Greatness comes in many shapes and sizes. From the owner of a tiny general store in Salem, Georgia, where I grew up, to titans of industry on Wall Street. Let me...