As a leader, your role is to influence. You design and deliver what you communicate to guide the actions of others. To accomplish anything meaningful and worthwhile, you must influence how people think at least as much as you instruct them how to act. And your capacity to be effective at impacting how others think [...]
The power you find when leading others with a clear and undeniable purpose is undeniable. Creating organizational alignment, improving employee satisfaction and overall company performance happens when the people you lead feel connected to something meaningful and significant. As much as people may want to feel valued and appreciated for their efforts, when they know [...]
We live in a world and in a time that rewards companies that are agile, innovative, and capable of executing a clear, powerful vision. Your leadership team's effectiveness will determine your success and whether your company can establish and maintain a sustainable competitive advantage. The signs that your team is getting stale might not be [...]
We are at an interesting and critical crossroads. The arrival of spring brings with it feelings of new beginnings, restored growth, and the promise of new hope. The increasing rollout of Covid-19 vaccines, the drop in the infection rates, and the evolving relief that the pandemic is finally waning, following the prolonged fatigue and unsettling [...]
It is much easier to say you are willing to be vulnerable and transparent than to overcome your fear of being wrong and elevate your performance as a leader. Hiding is easier. Hiding is part of our survival instincts. We are hardwired to react to perceived threats by employing the fight, flight, or freeze response [...]
Most of us take for granted what others believed to be impossible but have become part of our normal everyday lives. It’s almost like we not only expect things that things will be possible tomorrow that aren’t today; but that we are entitled to the progress we enjoy - whether we played a direct part [...]
There is an old saying, “expectations are premeditated resentments.” There is a notion that if you expect little, you will protect yourself from disappointment in life. Clearly, though, ambition seems to be fundamental to many who achieve great success. And being driven by a great and worthy purpose connects people to a level of dedication [...]
Most people in leadership roles feel a sense of obligation to those they serve. Those who do not tend to be ineffective and their incompetence will show-up in the dysfunction of the organizations they lead. There are exceptions where a strong organization overcomes the deficiencies of a weak leader. This problem generally rectifies itself when [...]
Leadership is measured by results. What you accomplish or what you fail to accomplish will be your legacy. Those who act maliciously are not judged simply by their actions but by the consequences of those actions. And those who lead valiantly receive little or no extra credit for how they performed; we revere them for [...]
If you’ve been a CEO for almost any length of time or any appointed or elected leader, you know that there is no shortage of people willing to offer you advice. When it comes to making critical decisions or solving tough problems, you may want or even need others’ input to help guide your thinking. [...]
