No matter what your age or generation, nearly all of us have played the game hide and seek. It’s a fun game that can be played inside or outside, and it’s simple enough that anyone can play. Unfortunately, it’s also become a game that we play at work and in […]
It Is You
April 11, 2018 Leave a Comment
If you’re a Seinfeld fan, you’ll remember the episode where George’s girlfriend breaks up with him and uses this line: “It’s not you, it’s me.” In response, George protests that he invented that break-up line and further insists that it is definitely him. Finally, she relents and tells the truth: “Alright […]
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 […]
The Leader Pause
January 4, 2018 Leave a Comment
I recently had an unexpected encounter with one of the audience members in a large group setting where I was speaking. I was not able to read her name tag, and I didn’t hear her (due to my hearing loss) when I asked for her name. As a result, I […]
The Unintentional Leader
December 12, 2017 Leave a Comment
I was recently meeting with a group of client team members, and upon entering the room one of the team members commented that I was not sitting at the end of the table, where most people sit when they’re leading a meeting. I told him that my choice of seat […]
Mime Your Leadership
June 16, 2017 Leave a Comment
What if you could not speak? What if you could not communicate with words? What if you chose not to use words to communicate and, instead, limited your communication to actions and gestures? What if you chose to mime your leadership? It may sound crazy, but miming your leadership would […]
It’s What You Make It Mean
December 8, 2016 Leave a Comment
What IF every reaction (emotional or otherwise) that you have to an event, experience, communication or interaction is almost completely about you? More specifically, it’s about what you decide that event, experience, communication or interaction means about you. Stay with me as this concept invites a shift that can transform […]
Arrows of Truth©
July 30, 2014 Leave a Comment
The truth hurts. Let’s face it – it does hurt. The question is not whether the truth hurts, but whether you desire the truth enough to take the hurt. For years, management gurus, trainers and consultants have been speaking, writing and theorizing on different ways to communicate the truth. From […]
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