As the saying goes in business, you want to “look and act the part.” It’s hard to be a leader if you’re frumpy. Personal style matters. If you want to make a great impression on your bosses, your clients, and the people you’re leading, you have to pay attention to...
One of the advantages of a thirty-year career is accumulating enough evidence to support your convictions. Some people doubt that training can develop leadership skills, and think that people are either born with what it takes to be a leader or they aren’t. So early...
Newton’s first law of motion, the law of inertia, tells us that a body at rest will remain at rest and a body in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force. Inertia is defined as the property of an object to resist changes in its state of motion....
We are at the starting line of another year. And for the majority of companies, the new year begins with goals. Now as you are reading this, chances are you have made and already broken your own New Year's resolution. The most common reason for that is lost...
What a leader does every day may seem ordinary, but ordinary things done consistently are what it takes to be extraordinary. You look uniquely familiar. You, the one who has learned to believe in yourself, trust yourself, and follow the quiet inner voice that says,...
During this time of year, we are often overwhelmed. Schedules are full and there are never enough hours in the day. But while you are busy rushing from one thing to the next, I offer this reminder from my book Leadership to Words at a Time, to pause, breathe and...
As we approach the holiday season, gifts are on many of our minds. As a leader, one of the greatest gifts you can give your team is the gift of opportunity. Opportunities are the venues where people can try themselves, test themselves, better themselves, and even find...
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