Dec 14, 2015 | Leadership, Strategic Planning, Uncategorized
When working with an organization to develop their leadership training program, or even when working with an individual client as a leadership and life coach, I often facilitate brainstorming sessions. We’ve all become familiar with this method of stimulating...
Aug 17, 2015 | Courage, Leadership, Uncategorized
Self-aware leaders are those who are courageous enough to look at their own weaknesses and vulnerabilities, determine how those those weak areas are holding them back from achieving more, and then do something about those vulnerabilities. Emotional intelligence is...
Jul 6, 2015 | Courage, Leadership, Uncategorized
56 leaders pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their honor Saturday morning, over a cup of coffee, I read the United States Declaration of Independence. It seemed like a good thing to do. It is not a long document, yet I had only read a few sentences...
Jun 8, 2015 | Leadership, Strategic Planning, Uncategorized
You have a mission, vision, and values statement. They are on wall posters and placards, in your employee handbook, and have their own page on you website. Do they drive your organization toward the future or help you manage the status quo? If it’s been more...
Feb 23, 2015 | Leadership, Leadership Development, Uncategorized
In 20+ years in the human resources field I have faced my share of of complaints from disgruntled former employees. Most of these stemmed from supervisors and mid-level managers who lacked the interpersonal leadership skills required to communicate with, motivate,...
Feb 3, 2015 | Leadership, Motivation, Uncategorized
What are the most desired traits of executive leaders according to a study last year by Inter-American Investment Corporation? Ability to Motivate Managing Change Identifying and Developing Talent Innovative Thinking In this survey of more than 1200 global business...
