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Do You Have A Vision For Your Life?
We often think of life as linear, with fixed mile markers setting our pace for the long run: Get your degree. Land the job. Find a partner. Grow your family. Build the career. Maybe even complete an IronMan or two in between. Then, over time, your relationships flex,...
One Thing I’m Taking with Me from 2020
As 2020 comes to a close and we look longingly toward a brighter 2021, I wonder how we will come out the other side of all the unrest, anger, distrust, and fear. I’ve always been a glass half full kind of gal, so I choose to enter 2021 hopeful – without letting go of...
Should Leaders Shut Down Political Conversations in the Workplace?
It’s the eve of an election in the midst of a global pandemic. My guess is that when it comes to serving up hot topics, this year your workplace is giving the Thanksgiving table an early run for its money. More company leaders are being prompted to speak up and...
How Do You Keep Your Team Together When the World is On Fire?
It’s undeniable how hot things are in our country with an ongoing global pandemic playing out in the backdrop of our fractured States of America. It’s likely your team is feeling the heat, and before you even realize it, anger and fear trumps you and your team’s own...
3 Questions to Make 2020 Your Best Year Yet!
Albert Einstein reportedly said that insanity was to do the same thing over and over again and expect different results. As 2019 is quickly coming to a close, how did you like 2019’s results? If 2019 was successful, will the same approach work in 2020 to...
Is Your Business a Fox or a Hedgehog?
One of the principles in Jim Collins’ classic book “Good To Great” is what he terms the “Hedgehog Concept”. This concept is based on a Greek parable which says “The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing,” and Isaiah Berlin’s division of all...
Improve As a Leader By Adopting These 3 Characteristics Of Navigators
Leadership at its essence is about leading a team or company from “here”, the current state to “there”, a preferred future state. When leadership is viewed through the lens of leading others from ‘here’ to ‘there’ the similarities between great leaders and great...
Only leaders can weed out their team’s dysfunctional behavior
A weed free lawn or garden is not normal. Weeds will take root and grow unless someone takes intentional action to prevent them from growing. To extend the metaphor to the leadership of teams, leaders are the gardener and their team is the garden. Are you the type of...
It’s not what you preach – it’s what you tolerate
All leaders need to fight against the leadership flaw of “It’s not what you preach – it’s what you tolerate.” If this leadership flaw is left unchecked the high bar of performance you explicitly call your team to achieve is undermined. No matter how much you...
Tell a better brand story
The old saying “He who tells the best story wins” has proven true in all areas of life, across the world, and down through the centuries. But yet, too many business owners fail to apply this principle to their business, and are getting beaten in the marketplace...
