personal development

Productivity

How to Make a Growth Plan

When I lead discussions about personal development, I always?ask who would like to experience personal growth? Everyone raises their hands. And I love that. But when I ask who has a growth plan… Silence. Usually, no hands are raised. In this article I’m sharing a link to my own growth plan template, along with two […]

Leadership

Values of a Great Team: DEVELOP

I want to take a moment to thank all of you who participated in our survey last week. Our team and I are pouring over each and every answer, and we are so excited to hear what you are saying! I will be sharing the results with you soon, and how your comments will impact […]

Personal Development

What You Must Know Before You Review 2014 and Plan 2015

It is December. You want to evaluate 2014 and plan for 2015.?But how? How much time will it require? And what key do’s and don’t’s should you follow? Below are key principles to help you?in this important exercise as a leader. It is imperative to be consistent with disciplines that will help move us forward […]

Leadership

These Two Principles Changed My Life

If someone were to ask you for two principles that have drastically changed your life, what would they be? While I can point to several that have impacted mine, I have been reflecting recently on two that have significantly altered how I think and how I handle life. I hope you find them beneficial, and […]

Leadership

Many Hear, Some Learn, Few Change

On the journey of personal development, it is very tempting to become a scholar?a person well-versed in theories, but lacking the will or ability?to put them?into practice.?In the areas that count the most, we must grow from merely being an astute learner to an experienced practitioner. Let me show you how. Many years ago, I […]

Leadership

Is My Best Good Enough?

We cannot give more than our best. As a parent, a spouse, a boss, a team member, or as a leader?our best is our limit. What is your best??And has it been enough to take you where you want to go in life? Most parents I meet?teach the best things they know to their children. […]

Personal Development, Productivity

Aim to Have Disciplines, Not to Be Disciplined

Most of us usually cringe at the idea of being disciplined. We have images of that Cr?me Brulee that we really, really want. But we know we really, really shouldn?t. Despite the mounting guilt, we order it and eat it anyway. And we tell ourselves, ?I wish I were more disciplined.? There is a better […]

Leadership, Personal Development

The “I Don’t Know” Principle

I recently heard an interview with Jeffrey Immelt, the CEO of General Electric, by Charlie Rose.? His insight into humility in leadership made me reach for my remote control and hit rewind. I want to share it with you. Question by Charlie Rose:?What is the most important lesson you have learned in the last ten […]

Leadership, Personal Development

Improving Our Strengths or Weaknesses?

Your strengths are like the gas pedal of a car, the more you press it the farther you go.? Similarly, the more we are living in and improving our strengths, the farther we go in life. But be careful! If growing and using your strengths is like pressing the gas pedal, your weaknesses are like […]

Personal Development

Create Your Growth Plan?Part 2: Book Reading

So you have decided to create a growth plan. ?Where do you start? A book reading plan! Being exposed to new principles and ideas from books is indispensable if you want to be intentional about your personal development. Authors often spend years researching and documenting their best thoughts and ideas about areas they have wrestled […]