Fear – A Choice Between Two Outcomes
How many people do you know that live a life of defense? You know, the ones driven by fear of making mistakes. Better question, is that how you live? Whether that description fits you or not, think for a minute and ask yourself the last time you willingly followed a “leader” that liv
Successful vs. Good
We’ve all been there, or maybe still are – another meeting to keep you from doing what it is you really need to be doing. So what can you do about it? Meetings are a fact of life, especially in the business world. There are ample resources on the web and in book stores that […]
It’s No Good Without Execution
I am sitting on a plane headed back to Texas and all I can think about is how incredibly hard we sometimes make things for ourselves in terms of executing for results. After leaving a client’s office yesterday I shared the frustration of my client and how hard his company made it for him and [&h
The Clock Watching Conundrum
I read a Fortune article today titled: Fantasy football could cost businesses $13.4 billion a season– the article cited a study that 18 million fantasy football players spend two hours per workweek managing their make-believe teams. My question is, if employers could somehow figure out a way to
The Courage of a Leader (Mom)
Life is full of opportunities to learn lessons about leadership, one only has to stop long enough to reflect and seek them out. Periodically I actually practice what I preach and did just that. While prepping for a development session with a small team of professionals I intended to ask them to iden
Control Without Being Controlling!
I think many times executives confuse the definition of “control.” When we do 360 interviews we are often told that an executive is a “control freak” or “too controlling,” but when we provide the executive the feedback received they have trouble understanding where the feedback comes fro