Fast Results: Accomplish More In Less Time
You’ve been asked to do the impossible. The clock’s ticking and there’s pressure to perform. Competing priorities complicate the scene. Pushing harder exacerbates stress. Stress leads to inaction. Time to move fast. The FAST Model F-Focus To move...
Tough On Results, Gentle On People
“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.” ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt When all that matters are numbers, eventually, people don’t matter. Great leaders consistently...
Great Leadership Produces Great Results. But…
Great leadership produces great results. But, sometimes leadership qualities that should work, don’t. “Good” leaders with weak results, spend so much time on people, they forget about the plan are over-using positive strengths worry too much about...
Real Leadership: Defining Your Personal Leadership Paradigm
“Real isn’t how you are made,’ said the Skin Horse. ‘It’s a thing that happens to you…It doesn’t happen all at once,’ You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily,...
Change Your Mind, Engage Their Hearts
“If you never change your mind, why have one?” ~ Edward de Bono Weak leaders stay the course to save face. Afraid of looking silly, dumb gets dumber. Strong leaders eat crow for dinner (tastes like chicken). When You Must Change Direction You’ve...
Christmas In July: How To Make Everyday Magic
It was a sweltering July day, the heat wave had been going on for weeks. We only had a window air conditioner in one room in the house. It was starting to feel crowded. My mom had used up her usual tricks to stay cool the library, the movies, peppermint stick ice...
Everyone Hates The Boss (And Other Opportunities)
Knowing “everyone’s in the same boat” paralyzes instincts to adjust the sails. Commiserating creates false teams. Misery with company is miserable. Solve problems instead. The more painful the situation, the easier it is to believe that everyone is right. “This can’t...
The Problem With Short-Cuts
I was her old boss, but it was more than that. She emailed, “I was offered a new job, I can’t decide.” I knew we needed to talk. I tried calling a few times that day. We’re both busy. Finally, I left an enthusiastic short-cut message with answers. I shared my best...
