During a recent personal retreat, I heard a speaker share several examples of powerful and empowering words – what he called the most powerful words– and over the past month I’ve added on to this list. Most important, I’ve started to realize that using these words with our team members […]
Lead Like a Parent
June 27, 2018 Leave a Comment
If you’re like many leaders, your first response to this title is this: “Exactly, I have to lead like a parent because my people act like children.” If that’s your response, think again … if your people are acting like children, then they’ve likely been made to feel like children […]
Leadership Legacy
January 17, 2018 Leave a Comment
There’s a 1980’s country song called “Lookin’ for Love” (most remembered from the movie Urban Cowboy) that includes this repeated lyric: “Lookin’ for love in all the wrong places.” Most of you have heard this song, and I think it has lots of application to leadership – specifically, that we’re […]
Leadership Comes from the Heart
May 11, 2017 Leave a Comment
If you’ve heard me speak on leadership, you know that I have four foundational elements of transformational leadership: Leadership is a choice; Leadership is inside out; Leadership comes from the heart; and Leadership is a matter of life (not just business) These concepts are sometimes difficult to explain (and understand) […]
Your Whole Other Level©
October 29, 2015 2 Comments
If you’re 40 years old or older and I ask you what’s most famous about the 1980 Olympics, you will immediately say “the U.S.A. hockey team beat the Soviets and won the gold medal.” Likewise, if you’re 50 or older, you can probably recite where you were when you watched […]
What Is Calling You?©
September 24, 2015 1 Comment
A few months ago, I was having a conversation with several close friends (all business owners), and one of them asked this question: Who here considers what you do to be a calling? Of the seven business owners, I was the only one who said “I do.” I was initially […]
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