A friend of mine – Bryan Perez – posted this question on Facebook last week: “Why do you think most people quit just about everything they start?” It probably won’t surprise you that I had some thoughts on this topic which I wanted to share with all of you. Whether you […]
The Answers Are In Your Stories
March 3, 2016 Leave a Comment
There’s no doubt that we all would benefit from some form of training and development, personally and professionally. Similarly, I’m confident that many of your team members would benefit from more training and development, and they certainly would benefit from having a mentor. Life and leadership is definitely a matter […]
Lessons From The Martian
February 4, 2016 2 Comments
I love movies, and I learn a lot from them. As Steve Martin (Davis) brilliantly offered to Kevin Kline (Mack) in Grand Canyon (1991), “That’s part of your problem: you haven’t seen enough movies. All of life’s riddles are answered in the movies.” With that thought in mind, I invite […]
Choosing Your Leadership
January 29, 2016 Leave a Comment
Thursday, I had the pleasure of speaking on leadership to a large group in Akron, Ohio. My core theme was the Five Foundations of Conscious Leadership: Awake Aware Authentic Accountable ActionizedTM My program also spoke about authentic leadership and servant leadership, and it also included a discussion of the vital […]
LEAP Into 2016
December 31, 2015 1 Comment
In case you missed it, 2016 is a special year – special because you get a whole extra day during the year. That’s right, every four years we get an extra day and 2016 is one of those years – a leap year. But let’s face it – that extra […]
Seven C’s to Success©
October 15, 2015 Leave a Comment
I was recently nominated for an achievement award, and as part of the submission process I was asked to answer this question: What are my key traits that have created my success? Since “success” is a common topic of conversation, I want to share my response with you. I guess […]
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 […]
The Stories That Disconnect Us© (adapted from Unmask: Let Go of Who You’re “Supposed” to Be & Unleash Your True Leader)
October 22, 2014 Leave a Comment
Many of you know that stories are at the heart of everything that I do – speaking, consulting and coaching – and that I believe that the stories that we believe to be true about business, life and ourselves are the primary obstacles to achieving our desired objectives. Because of […]
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 […]
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