5 Myths About Burnout

This is a heavy but necessary subject for everyone to deal with seriously.  I have experienced burnout and it is a scary place to be.  You are in a dark place and you don’t know why, therefore you don’t know how to get out.  Paula Davis-Laack has done her homework: Read more

The Teamwork Game Changer

Probably nothing is more difficult for me to deal with than negative people.  They not only drain me but I see them pulling down the whole team.  On the other hand, the power of rightly spoken positive words can save an entire project with the momentum they bring.  Michael Hyatt Read more

Leadership Blind Spots

I have enough trouble with the issues I am aware of much less other things that I keep missing as a problem.  We call these things blind spots and I agree thats true for the first time around.  After that to me it’s an eyes wide open deliberate choice.  John Read more

5 Character Tests That Every Great Leader Passes

When I started this leadership journey in corporate life competency was the ultimate factor in hiring and promoting leaders.  Your resume which showed your academic credentials as well as your experience trumped everything else.  Stephen Covey with 7 Habits broke new ground and shifted the conversation to character driven people. Read more

7 Things Healthy Teams Check At The Door

Teams can be messy, for after all we are dealing with up to 10 totally different people all with personalities and agendas.  You have to define some clear expectations about how people treat each other that will allow healthy conflict and build necessary trust.  Ron Edmondson does a good job Read more

Toxic Myths About Leadership

I will never forget when I read Good To Great by Jim Collins for the first time.  There were so many myths that he destroyed about leadership in that book.  The one that was the most meaningful to me was that effective leaders had to be charismatic extroverts because that Read more

The Top 5 Time Management Mistakes

There is a big difference between prioritizing your schedule and scheduling your priorities.  Time management in reality is not about when you do tasks but how you lead your life.  Lisa Evans has some challenging thoughts: “We’d all like to use our time better, which is why I enjoyed reading Read more