5 Practices Of The Leadership Challenge

  I recently became certified to become a trainer of The Leadership Challenge materials by James Kouzes and Barry Posner.  Although this book was written several years ago, its timeless leadership principles are just as relevant today as ever. This very exhaustive book centers around these five simple but very Read more

Major Conflict Management Mistake

At times we all have difficulty working with other people especially in stress charged environments.  It is very easy especially as a leader to fall into the bad habit of making negative comments about people especially when they are not present. This type of conflict resolution will do nothing but Read more

Everyone Is Looking For Security and Significance

The two major things that all people are searching for in life are security and significance.  Security is the understanding that I am unconditionally loved and significance means that my life has value and meaning. Most of the time we are searching for both of these needs in all of Read more

The Power Of Momentum

There are very few things more difficult to deal with in your personal or professional life than a loss of momentum.  It can be brought on by some major tragedy or a series of small compromises over a very long period of time. Eventually we get to a place where Read more

How Much Is Enough?

The one incredibly good thing about a down cycle is that it always forces us to separate what is important in life from what is not. This is a very opportune time for you to be incredibly honest with yourself and ask the hard question How Much Is Enough?   What Read more

Your Ultimate Guide To Saying No

What separates great leaders from average ones is the ability to know what is really important from that which is not.  This is not easy because there are many good things to do out there just not that many great ones.  This Fast Company post by Micheal Grothaus is worth Read more

Credibility The Foundation For Leadership

There are many leadership qualities that must be present in the leader if people are going to trust them to the point of following.  It is very important to be committed, competent and inspiring but without credibility especially today people will see you as a fake and be totally turned Read more