Build Self-Awareness With Help From Your Team

Emotional Intelligence involves not only a healthy view of self but an equally important factor of understanding how others see you as well.  When there is a lack of alignment between self talk and the real world view that matters the most we are in trouble as leaders.  This HBR Read more

7 Reasons To Own Less

I encounter a lot of stress not only in my own life but especially with the executives I coach through my company.  One of the self inflicted wounds in this overload world we live in is caused by the demands our stuff places on us just to maintain what we Read more

How To Spend Time Wisely And Get Things Done

I spend more time and research on productivity than any other leadership discipline.  The reason is I find myself with more inputs every week and therefore it becomes even harder to get the most important work done.  This applies to how I spend both my personal and professional time.  This Read more

How To Deal With Disappointment

Great leaders are always taking risks and experiencing failure.  The reason they have this ability is because they have learned how to process their failure quickly by learning form their mistakes and then trying again.  You cannot lead others if you do not possess the courage to move on from Read more

The Most Successful People Do These Four Things

I passionately believe that every person is a leader and the most important client you have is yourself.  Until you accept this responsibility to lead yourself and own your personal character development, you will never reach your potential.  It is also no longer effective to lead only from positional authority Read more

When Is Teamwork Really Necessary

It has always amazed me that when we tend to correct a bad situation, we over react and go to the other extreme.  The top down directive leadership of the 80″s gave way to today’s highly collaborative meetings that in many ways are even more ineffective.  At least with positional Read more

Management Today

There is a lot of confusion and even tension between the disciplines of management and leadership.  Both are extremely important but distinctly different.  Management is where execution lives and therefore must be incredibly effective for any strategy to be successful.  This Forbes post is an informative read: The idea of Read more

The Importance Of The Employee Feedback Loop

In my executive coaching we deal with a lot of best practices: human capital, process improvement, productivity, teamwork, alignment and strategic priorities.  Regardless of how well you do in all of these areas, if your organizational culture does not value ongoing feedback, you don’t stand a change in long term Read more