PIn the marketing, branding and speaking world, we talk about the concept of creating phrases that pay – simple phrases that are so clear, rich and recognizable that they pay great dividends for the brands they are associated with. Here are a couple of examples of phrases that pay: Just […]
Five Keys for Great Meetings (Time)
January 29, 2019 Leave a Comment
Most meetings suck … and you need more meetings! Are you insane, Jeff? If our meetings suck, then why do we need more meetings? Simple – because the answer is not fewer meetings, but bettermeetings. But if you want to have better meetings, you need to know how to plan, lead […]
Help Them See It
October 2, 2018 Leave a Comment
During several recent coaching sessions, I was talking with leaders about the importance and necessity of helping their team members seeissues, shortcomings and opportunities to improve. Through these discussions, it became clear that managers and leaders usually fit somewhere in a range of approaches – only one of which is […]
Accessible Versus Available – A Leader Shift
March 21, 2018 Leave a Comment
Nearly every leader I meet (and have ever met) struggles with this issue – time. Not only time in general, but the time that is required for (or given away to) other people. Think about your day and contemplate how many times you are asked this question: “Do you have […]
For Whom the Bell Tolls
January 12, 2017 Leave a Comment
“Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee.” – John Donne Many meanings have been ascribed to this famous quote, but all of them relate to the concept of death and our interconnectedness around the reality of death. I, however, see this concept as relating to our […]
Don’t Wait for Time – Claim It!
May 13, 2016 Leave a Comment
You’ve experienced it before – you’re finishing up a significant project (at work or at home), finishing up school, stepping off of a board or otherwise freeing up time. You’re excited about no longer having to invest the time that you have been on whatever you’ve been engaged with. You’re […]
Traditions©
September 10, 2015 Leave a Comment
This past Labor Day weekend was a special time for me, as it has been for the past five years. Since 1999, I’ve been an avid reader and explorer of Civil War history, and my Dad got interested as well over the past 10 years. Five years ago, we began […]
Your One Third©
September 1, 2015 Leave a Comment
If you’re like me, you find yourself saying something like this: “I can’t believe it’s already September” or “Where did the summer go?” Funny how time seems to fly in our minds, but not so funny how we (I include myself in this) fail to take action to change it. […]
The Seduction of Helpless© (adapted from Unmask: Let Go of Who You’re “Supposed” to Be & Unleash Your True Leader)
October 8, 2014 Leave a Comment
Who wants to be helpless? Anyone? Anyone? Let’s try a different question: Are you living in a largely helpless state by virtue of your choices? If you’re like most people, you just offered an emphatic “NO” to both of these questions, but I’m going to challenge you. Are you ready […]
Calendar Reality Check©
October 1, 2014 3 Comments
Some time ago, I wrote a blog on the topic of commitment and priorities. My premise was and is that our problem is not one of priorities but of commitments. We try (unsuccessfully) to address all of our competing priorities, when the solution may actually lie in making more clear […]
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