“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as who you become by achieving your goals.” ~ Henry David Thoreau The new year is here. A fresh bit of canvas on which to paint, to achieve, to set goals and to get excited about all that is possible. No doubt you have […]
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Leaders Hold Your Vision Tightly- Hold Your Plan Lightly
“Faith is Taking the First Step, Even When You Don’t See the Whole Staircase.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. What’s the plan? How will we get there if we don’t know the plan? Have you ever been in a room when a lofty goal is offered to a company, team or even a family? Within […]
Leaders, Are You Running After Fool’s Gold?
“All That Glitters, Is Not Gold.” ~ William Shakespeare We’ve all heard the expression of fool’s gold. I think that I first heard the expression when I was a kid playing in streams while camping and noticing shiny rocks in the streams and asking my father if there could be gold in the shiny rocks. […]
Faith In Self: The Leader’s Answer to Worry
“Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” ~ Saint Augustine Leadership is a great privilege. The ability to lead others, to set the tone, to model behaviors for those who depend on us can offer tremendous rewards. Leadership does not come without […]
Video: Leadership at Sunrise
The sun has set on the last year. It has passed. It’s over and in the books. How was the past year for you? Did you have the year that you imagined? What part did you play in creating the year that you wanted? The beginning of the year is a superb time to get […]
Video: Leadership Before Sunset
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good thing, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow human being let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.” ~Stephen Grellet There is still time for […]
Leadership is Practice. What Are You Practicing?
“An Ounce of Practice is Worth More than Tons of Preaching.” Mahatma Gandhi I am a big fan of practice. Even as a kid, I loved going to practice whether it was basketball, orchestra or choir. As an adult learner, I love role plays, visualization and preparation. I am fortunate to have wonderful colleagues that […]
Video: Fear as Your Friend: How to use fear as a learning tool.
Greetings Leaders! Have you noticed how we discuss fear in organizations and in society? We don’t discuss it and when we rarely do, it’s in the context of conquering it, getting rid of it or making everything safe. In this video, I offer a different approach. Please watch this video and learn how to make […]
Video:Leadership Locker Room-Your Leadership Halftime
Hello Leaders! It’s June which means we are already through the first half of the year. Good news! We still have an entire second half of the year left, and there still is plenty of time to make this year an amazing year for your leadership. Whether you lead your career, your life, your team […]
Remembering a Leadership Lesson from Dr. Maya Angelou
History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.“ ~ Maya Angelou We lost a bright light last week – the light of the amazing Dr. Maya Angelou. I have been a fan of Angelou and her work for decades. To me she was not just […]