Why Emotional Courage Is So Essential To Great Leadership
I hear all the time in working with clients the concern that we are taking too much work home. I rarely hear from leaders the acknowledgement that we also bring home to work everyday. The emotional awareness we have personally is a combination of both worlds. How we feel about that is important but what […]
5 Behaviors Of Smart Leaders
One of the most significant changes in executive leadership is moving from being the person who has all the answers to the person who knows how to ask the right questions. In reality, this is not a diminished role for the leader but an expanded one that maximizes the potential from every leader present. This […]
It’s Time To Redefine Executive Presence
I am a passionate believer in Situational Leadership as the best way to lead anyone based on the context of the person and the challenge. However, just as daily leadership challenges are constantly changing so is the market context in which we lead. So today with disruption everywhere, the old leadership best practices need to […]
Five Questions To Uncover Your Purpose
I wasted years trying to do the right things without clearly defining what those things actually are. The volume of inputs is increasing daily and how can we possibly know what to do and what not to do? The only way to consistently say No to the good things, to be able to say Yes […]
The Most Productive Meetings Have Fewer Than 8 People
My soap box these days is that there is an over value given to collaboration. I see too many people spending time in long meetings for the expectation that everyone being involved will produce the best results. In my experience that is almost never the case. This HBR post drives home one critical aspect of […]