I can’t get enough of the human-interest stories that news programs produce. I think they are fascinating. These stories provide a glimpse into real lives, and they demonstrate the truth that every person has a story worth telling. Thanks to the Today Show, I got to...
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The Pressure to Deliver Results
The pressure to deliver results is as old as leadership itself. Greek mythology tells the story of Dionysius, a Sicilian king, and Damocles, his fawning courtier. Damocles had a habit of going on and on about how fortunate the king was, how magnificent he must be to...
Work In Progress: Goal Setting to Improve as a Leader
You’ve got to get better. Everyone does. The torch of self-improvement should burn bright and shouldn’t flame out until very late in life. You will never ‘graduate’ as a leader. You will never be granted absolution from the obligation to improve. The people you lead...
How Will AI Impact Organizations and the Role of Leaders?
If you have a television or radio, chances are you have heard talk of AI (Artificial Intelligence). Artificial intelligence has the potential to improve workplace efficiency dramatically. It has the potential to take over dangerous or repetitive tasks and allow...
Development Works
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...
Risk-taking and the Law of Inertia
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....
Five Key Characteristics of Goals That Motivate
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...
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