Well, I thought I’d come to terms with living life out of control. Crises surround us: a pandemic, a tanked economy, lawless politics. I had accepted having power over basically nothing beyond doing the laundry and making sure we loaded …
Leadership/Management
THINK! Change Depends on It
The New Year dawns and with it comes the urge for change—a change of exercise routine, a change of job, a change of wine intake, a change of administration. No matter what change you choose, as soon as you finger …
Operational Issues Can Be Your Greatest Asset: DUAL SCREEN MANAGEMENT®
Most executives view the countless daily operational issues they face as negative and a drag on the business. These problems certainly can be a hassle and hurt the bottom line. What most executives miss, however, …
How are Mindfulness and Executive Presence Related:
Four Principles to Follow
Two years ago, when I first wrote about mindfulness and executive presence, it was near impossible to live in the modern world and not to have seen the barrage of articles, books, blogs, conferences and weekend retreats devoted to the …
If You Want People to Step Up, You Must Get Off the Step: Three Key Things to Make Leadership Succession Happen
A familiar lament heard among senior leaders these days is, “I can’t get my leadership team to propose, let alone champion new ideas to beat our competition and attract new customers. They just submerge themselves in ongoing projects and leave …
Leading Your Leader: 5 Steps to Manage Up and Move Up
You dreaded this moment, and yet it has arrived. The leader to whom you report has launched another initiative to pursue a new client that has everyone charging down the wrong road. How do you know? You have been down …
Birthing a Book to Bring New Life to Leadership
Dear Friends,
After two years in the making (not counting four years of thinking), I can answer the question, “WHERE is the book?” with, “The Journey of Not Knowing: How 21st Century Leaders Can Chart a Course Where There Is …
The Heresy of Change: How Self-Knowledge Empowers Leaders to Move Up, or On
Is there something in the water that heralds different thinking? Over my entire working life, I have listened to leaders as clients, colleagues and friends talk about their careers, what they want from them and what struggles they face. Those …
Leadership and the Unknown: Looking Under the Hood
Success for a leader requires embracing the unknown. Only by seeking out new ideas can leaders reach new strategic directions for their organizations. That is, after all, the job description of a leader. By their very nature, new ideas are …
Invest in Developing Your High Potential Talent
Before your high potential talent invests elsewhere.
You may be familiar, or even said some of these typical comments we hear from senior executives:
“She’s terrific on projects and magical with clients. In the meantime, her staff is hollering that…