Begin With An Open Mind
It’s hard to argue with Stephen Covey’s 2nd habit “begin with the end in mind.” Wise wisdom. But. Heads down, full steam ahead comes with risks. Chartered courses without open minds lead to missed opportunity. Sir Captain Don’s Story Last...
Frontline Festival: July- Teams And Teamwork Edition
Welcome to the July, Teams and Teamwork Edition of the Frontline Festival. I am pleased to bring you another International line-up of thought leaders sharing their best posts on teams and teamwork. Skip Prichard, of Skip Pritchard, shares a fantastic list, 10 Lessons...
7 Ways To Inspire Courage
You know they can do it. They’re scared. Their lack of courage is a downward spiral. Fear stops trying. Lack of trying creates doubt. Doubt affirms negative self-perceptions. It breaks my heart to watch highly qualified, talented people let scared stop them. And...
What Keeps Leaders Up At Night: A Podcast Interview W/ Nicole Lipkin
What keeps you up at night? What separates your “good boss” days from your “bad boss days?” I interviewed, Dr. Nicole Lipkin, author of What Keeps Leaders Up at Night as part of the Let’s Grow Leaders podcast series. Nicole explores 3...
What Needy Needs: 8 Ways To Empower Past Dependency
Needy drains energy. Needy distracts. Needy wastes time. Needy surfaces guilt “gosh, maybe they really do need more.” You want to help. Helping too much hurts them, you, and the rest of the team. Dig deeper to get to the root cause of dependency. Maybe...
Frustrated And Fuming: 5 Ways To Still Lead Well
“I’m just so frustrated,” his eyes had changed from fuming to weary. He shared, “I know anger isn’t working, but as my wife would say, “I didn’t yell the first 5 times.” The situation was complex. We were both frustrated...Your Hard Sell Is Hard To Buy
If you want customers, stop selling. Hard sells exhaust. Aggressive pitches scream, “Do this for ME.” Every day, I close down down to parades of hard sells. Last week I re-opened my mind to a sales exec who caught my interest by offering consultation to a...
Feel And Grow Rich: 5 Ways To Learn Empathy
“The struggle of my life created empathy – I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.” ~ Oprah Winfrey Great leaders are empathetic. Tomorrows jobs will require even more empathy. Forbes writer, George Anders calls it the The...
