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Why You Should Not Blame Anyone
When I hear leaders complain about their people, I know they have not mastered a core lesson of leadership: It is always our fault. Here?s why? As a leader, my tendency is to absolve myself of any wrongdoing when a person on my team is having “issues” that affect morale or productivity. So I made […]
The Biggest Mistake I Made in Personal Growth
For many years now, I have made reading a personal priority and placed myself in a position to maximize my learning and growth. Where I went wrong was that I equated?exposure with growth?and that was the biggest mistake or misconception I had about growth. In this article, I want to share with you the three […]
Be Gentle
Everyone is struggling with something. Be gentle. It?doesn’t?matter how successful, wise, or content we may become, most of us are always struggling with something. It could be big or small. It could be silly or life altering. At any given point, you may find yourself wrestling with a life question, a relationship, or an illness. […]
4 Options When Making a Difficult Decision
Life presents us with options?sometimes, none of which we like. Yet, we must decide. ?We have all been there. Whether in leadership or in life, it is helpful to have a method of thinking things through when we are faced with difficult decisions. Though our tendency is not to decide when we are confused, we […]
How To Discuss?Not Argue?The Issues
Most discussions I see follow a traditionally confrontational approach, more akin to a wrestling match than a civil exchange of ideas. I believe there is a better way to talk with one another than to constantly battle and defend our positions. If you would like to have more productive verbal exchanges with others, you may […]
Passion: Why Is It Important to Your Leadership?
Passion is one of those amorphous qualities that is hard to pin down and define. You definitely know it when you see it. But really, what is passion? And why is it important for us to have as we lead our lives and lead others forward? Passion: What is it? Passion is intensity, conviction, hunger, […]
How To Build a Second Mile Organization
You want your people to smile, welcome your customers, and be friendly and courteous, right? As the leader, I am sure you do. And you should. These gestures are what I call going the first mile. This is the basic treatment that customers expect. And there is a lot of competition in the first mile. […]
Three Questions You Must Regularly Ask Your People
When I started in leadership the main question I was ever truly interested in knowing from my people was, “What are you doing?” I wanted to know exactly what they were doing. Were they doing what I asked them to do??Were they being productive? Were they wasting time? Now, I ask other questions. “What are […]
How to Get Things Done
I am not a doer by nature. I am a thinker and a perfectionist. Left to my natural devices, I like to contemplate matters to the nth degree before I execute them.?As a leader, I have had to grow in this area. I want to share with you one of the most important lessons I […]
Be More Effective?Discover Your Input:Output:Outcome Ratio
As leaders, we all want to be more effective in any process, organization, or team that we lead. Many times we work so hard, but seem to go nowhere. Allow me to share with you the input:output:outcome principle which I believe will help you to be more effective.? Input = Your Investment For me to […]
They See You: How To Be a Good Audience Member
When I started speaking in front of audiences, I discovered a startling truth: speakers can actually see the attendees. They see their faces, expressions, and body language. Up to that point, I thought I was invisible when I sat in the audience. I never thought about how to be a good audience member, really. Why […]
Four Secrets To Resilient Relationships
If I could offer only one piece of leadership advice it would be: Create the strongest relationships possible. Here are four foundational principles that underpin resilient relationships. Truly Care for Them As I write this, I can?t help but notice how ordinary this advice seems. In a way, I feel like I am saying something […]