Don’t Get Surprised By Burnout

This is a painful subject if you have ever had to admit you lost your margin and that you did not know it until the crash occurred.  I have had to put in place some early warning alarms to try to avoid this happening again and again.  This is not Read more

How To Break Your Addiction To Work

At some point in time almost everyday we all want to know How am I doing?  The search for significance meets a very deep need that we all have to add value to others.   The workplace can give you that juice to the degree it becomes like an addiction Read more

Corporate Ethics Can’t Be Reduced To Compliance

The overwhelming majority of leadership books that I read rate character as the number one issue facing leaders in any culture.  I have found out the hard way, that the only successful way I can sustain positive change is to change what I believe first and that determines then how Read more

5 Leadership Lessons Learned From The Military

For leaders to be effective they have to possess both a will and the ability to lead others well.  The character part is what ultimately determines the outcome and this post by Jeff Boss in Forbes is one of the best I have seen in a long time: “Leaders—true leaders—aren’t Read more

The Priority Of A Life Plan

All of us have become proficient at doing all the major components of the business plan at work.  We know how to define goals, create plans, execute priorities and evaluate success. However, very few of us use these same disciplines to help lead our personal lives.  Research shows that approximately Read more

Why Busyness Is Not Badge Of Honor

The harder we work the more we get done right?  Wrong!!!!  Actually, the reverse may be true because at some point in time we lose our margin and stop being effective at anything.  Being over scheduled is definitely not something to brag about and according to Mark Merrill we must Read more