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Putting Courage In. A Leaders Critical Path
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe is famously quoted as saying, “Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.” A leader needs to be the CEO of the or ...
5 Don’ts for Handling Criticism
This week we continue with the second half of handling criticism. As a post goes, it has been the highest viewed so far. Thank you for your feedback a ...
Do’s and Don’ts for Handling Criticism
As a leader, I have accepted that some people love what you do and how you do it. Others will simply not mind, and still others will experience some k ...
What Leaders Do To Navigate Tragedy
I remember where I was the morning of 9/11. Vividly. Do you? I remember that I staying in a hotel in Phuket that was ravaged by the 2004 Tsunami. This ...
5 Post Conference Disciplines of Leaders
Have you ever had the experience where you attend a conference, training or learning experience only to return to "work" just after only to find that ...
4 Ways to Get the Most Out of a Conference
It seems that there are any number of conference options for us to attend. Selecting and attending the ones that can most serve your next steps is cri ...
6 Secrets To Remembering Names
A long time ago in a previous leadership role I set myself a challenge. How many names did I really know, I mean really? My criteria was “Can I put a ...
The Hidden Power In A Handwritten Note
In 1989, I was an exchange student in South Africa. The dark ages of communication when you have to stand in one spot connected to a wall to speak to ...
7 Benefits of a Sabbatical
Having recently returned from a sabbatical it has provided an opportunity to reflect and refresh on the season that is ahead of us all. Overall I have ...
The Door to Transformation 53 | 365
I heard a quote once that said. Men don't listen, they wait. I laughed because I resemble that remark. In some ways I still do. Leaders must learn to ...
10 Questions to Sharpen Your Leadership Mojo
I am in a cafe on a brisk morning in New York City. The morning sun is bouncing off the buildings and as they reached out to the slowly emerging Sprin ...
6 Reasons to have a Sabbatical
I am on a sabbatical and as I write we are settled into a rhythm that will see us out for the next period of time. In reflecting the first period they ...