For many years we have been studying leadership, and it is the topic of development courses, books, workshops, keynote speeches, blogs, and so forth.  Are leaders born or made?  Who are our best examples of leadership?  Is good leadership different today than twenty years ago? Who was a better leader: Lincoln or Patton?
 
We read the [...]

Yesterday I was on a conference call with Dr. Izzy Justice, one of the global gurus on the topic of emotional intelligence (EQ).  He had two expert executives, Leticia Knowles, of American Express, and Steve Larson, of Wells Fargo, (formerly Wachovia), to share their expertise in how to make our workplaces more emotionally safe.  This [...]

 
It’s early Monday morning and I’m looking at my schedule for today.  All the typical things are fighting for my attention and need to be completed:  yoga, devotions, coaching sessions, proposal submissions, a keynote speech prepared, a power point presentation created, list of people called, copy reviewed, part of a chapter written for the book, thinking and reviewing [...]

Talent Management
 
These last 12 months or so have really been tough on your managers.  Just think for a moment about what they have been watching on tv, hearing from their neighbors, and worrying about at work. Some work forces are completely exhausted right now. They have been cutting budgets, having to let people go, taking [...]

This seems to be the question of 2009.  Especially when there is a Boomer at the helm and a Generation X/Y workforce. Alright, leaders, this may not be what you want to hear, but it’s time for you to work on something.
What?  Oh GAWWW>>>>here she goes again.  yep.
Engagement is about relationship.  If your team doesn’t feel [...]

In my executive coaching practice, it is my policy to bring a cutting-edge, thought-provoking guest speaker to my clients and customer base every month as value added, in the form of a teleconference. Every month I am amazed and impressed by our guest expert, but this month really took the cake.  I was privileged to [...]

SECRET……The dictionary tells us that a secret (noun) is something that is kept hidden or concealed.
 
Most of us have been exposed to the tremendously successful movie and/or the book called “The Secret”, which contains knowledge that has been around for thousands of years, and it was packaged in an intriguing and ingenious way to attract [...]

You’ve heard it a zillion times: “Leaders are Readers.”  My friend Charlie “Tremendous” Jones said “5 years from today you’ll be the same person you are today except for two things: the people meet and the books you read”. One of my favorite quotes. He passed on a few months ago, and my job is [...]

I talk to at least 50 people a day, and here is the most interesting thing I’ve learned recently.
1. Many people have been laid off in recent weeks and months.
2. One of the top challenges my executive clients have is the small talent pool to choose from.
Something doesn’t measure up.  There has to be lots of great [...]

I shiver when I think how many books I have read on the topic of leadership, and I’m sure you have, too.  It’s a hot topic in today’s business world. We need more and better leadership than ever before: think about the business role models you’ve seen on the news lately.  Scandals, coverups, greed, dishonesty, [...]