Shake It Off: When To Let It Go
“Shake off all fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion.” ~ Thomas Jefferson Bad stuff happens. Life is unfair. Stupidity drains our energy....
Super Leaders Open Doors
Great leaders open doors for other leaders. Great leaders also know when to knock. Be a door opener. Learn how to knock. Who’s opened doors for you? What have you done to open doors for others? Bill Treasurer, author of Leaders Who Open Doors, is collecting...
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...
