I love questions. I believe in the power of questions. Questions are the path to growth. Questions are the leader’s tool of choice. Questions are the secret sauce. If you think I’m biased towards questions, you’re right! I’ve personally witnessed the power and magic of questions for myself, with my […]
Are You All In?©
April 8, 2015 Leave a Comment
According to Woody Allen, “Eighty percent of success is showing up.” Certainly, I’ve heard a familiar lesson for much of my life: show up and you’ll be ahead of the game. Yet I have come to question – in fact to doubt – the truth of this assertion. At the […]
Are You Daring Greatly?©
April 2, 2015 Leave a Comment
I was recently reminded of this powerful perspective offered by Theodore Roosevelt: “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually […]
Questions Are Indefensible©
February 26, 2015 4 Comments
Marilee Adams is the creator of Question ThinkingTM and the author of Change Your Questions, Change Your Life: 10 Powerful Tools for Life and Work, and she powerfully posited the following: The most effective communication is about 20% telling and 80% asking. Most of us have turned this around – […]
Conscious Leaders Crave Direct Feedback© (adapted from Unmask: Let Go of Who You’re “Supposed” to Be & Unleash Your True Leader)
December 10, 2014 Leave a Comment
All leaders (well, most) say that they want feedback, but do they really mean it? In my experience, the answer is no. Many leaders say they want feedback, but are defensive and dismissive when it’s given. More important, they don’t act on it even when they are willing to hear […]
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 […]
Stop Multitasking – Start Multi-Achieving©
September 16, 2014 Leave a Comment
Let’s just get it on the table. Some or many of you will NOT like this article and will immediately want to reject it. However, I invite you to hang in there for a moment or two and be willing to be open to a different perspective on multitasking. Our […]
Leadership Lessons from Robin Williams©
August 20, 2014 Leave a Comment
Robin Williams certainly had a diverse career. When he leapt onto the scene as Mork on Mork and Mindy, he was part of my primetime. I was a big fan of Mork and Mindy–I loved Robin Williams and Pam Dawber–and then of Williams’ guest appearances on Happy Days, which was […]
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