Celebrating The Best In Humanity
I was reading an article in the Washington Post this morning and found myself emotionally touched by a couple of things that reminded me of the incredible power of love and how human beings can...
If You Could Only Keep One Thing, What Would You Keep?
I was recently interviewed by a couple of great coaches who were writing an article about coaches who develop leaders and they asked me a very provocative question. The interviews asked me to consider all...
Be Willing To Pay The Price
I was having a great conversation the other day with one of my clients who was telling me he was starting to feel a bit of burnout and didn’t know what he needed to do...
Success Requires Action
I was having a conversation today with a young lion, one of those emerging leaders that has a destiny of predictable success just ahead of him. I asked him what advice he would give a...
Don’t Reinvent The Wheel, Just Jump On The Bandwagon
A recent conversation with a wise friend led us to wonder about how best to instill in our people to want to invest in themselves for development and growth. My friend was struggling to get...
Is That A Problem Or An Opportunity?
The evening news is full to the brim of all of the challenges we face as a society. There is volatility in the air. There is disruption in the marketplace. We are all swimming in...
Help Him Up!
I had an opportunity during the past week to speak with a man who was down. Life had been kicking his backside. He showed all the signs of battle weariness that you would expect from...
The Importance Of Supporting Your People Through Mistakes
I had the opportunity to begin coaching a talented young man recently who has done very good work for his company and his company recently asked him to assume the mantle of leadership for a...
Learning Lessons From Three Great Coaches
Over the course of my lifetime, I’ve had the opportunity to witness some great leadership and some terrific examples of brilliant coaching. I could also note that before my lifetime there were some amazing examples...
Nothing Motivates A Team Quite Like A Challenge
Working with Executives and with their Emerging Leaders every day, my Master Coaches notice that occasionally the pressures and stresses of the day-to-day “whirlwind” of activity and expectations can often wear people down and start...