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Leadership

What We Can Learn from Donald Trump

As I have followed the latest US presidential campaign, I have given some thought to the phenomenon of Donald Trump. Almost?no one predicted he would still maintain the lead with the other GOP candidates. Many dismiss him as bombastic, ruthless, crude, and offensive. Some call him?an intellectual lightweight. But as a student of leadership, I […]

Productivity

My Morning and Evening Routines

The word routine used to bother me. Now, it?s music to my ears. Routines harness the immense power of habits?and lead us to success. The specifics of my daily practices will most likely not be something you want to replicate into your own life. Rather, my goal is?to convey the principles that support what I […]

Personal Development

Three Types of Reading

Accomplished leaders take reading seriously. ?They guard it as a life discipline. In this article I want to share three types reading that can best maximize our personal growth. I completed my schooling at age thirty. Without question, books were central to my odyssey in academia. For me, reading was primarily an exercise to advance […]

Leadership

Great Values of a Team: INNOVATE

Innovation has definitely become a buzz word in the last decade.?Google. Facebook. Apple. Amazon. Uber…just to name a few companies that have wowed us with their fresh?outside-of-the-box ideas and their courage to pursue them. But what does innovation mean for everyday leaders like you and me? If we were to incorporate innovation?into our own team […]

Productivity

Values of a Great Team: Simplify

Simple is elegant, reliable, and beautiful. Great organizations work tirelessly to keep things simple.?This is another important element in our series on the Values of a Great Team: We simplify the process. If you are in leadership, creating procedures and practices is?part of our journey, and making them simple should be our goal. Why are […]

Leadership

Leadership Lesson from a Music Conductor

An Italian musician from Naples, Riccardo Muti is one of the world?s greatest conductors. At 73, as the Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Muti has accrued decades of world-renowned performances and recordings. In a recent interview, he talked about the essence of being a conductor. What he expressed captures the very heart of leadership. […]

Leadership

Four Types Of Mentors To Reach Out To

In our journey of personal growth as leaders, sometimes we are blessed to meet people who have walked the path before us and gone farther than we have. Sometimes these people are willing to help us, if we will reach out to them. We call them our mentors. What qualifies a person to be a […]

Leadership

Listen with Your Heart, Not Your Ears

Listening well is not the ability to focus on what is being said. Listening well is a reflection of our maturity as human beings. Only when we mature our spirits, do we truly hear. And that begins when you listen with your heart, not your ears. Listening is an issue of the heart. In my […]

Leadership

Healthy Families: Appealing to Our Politicians

I recently watched an interview with the “Dean of Politics,” President Bill Clinton. At the Clinton Global Initiative, he sat across from Charlie Rose and answered a few questions. I agreed with much of what he said. But I lament what he did not say. It is an area that most politicians neglect to talk […]

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 […]