L2L Book Review: “Peak”

Questions: As growing leaders in the business world, we might ask ourselves these questions. Why are some people and organizations more innovative, influential, and profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty from customers and employees? Why do some have repeat success? Question Behind the Questions: “What can we do to enhance this in our organizations?” L2L Book Review To continue answering the questions above, [...]

Leaders: What Does the Future Hold for Our Aimless Youth?

The young people we know as Generation “Y” will soon overtake the rapidly retiring boomer generation in the workforce. When that changing of the guard comes to full fruition, the young people of today will be expected to keep the country running by filling all of the jobs and running all of the organizations that their Boomer [...]

Do You Lead Your Own Life?

We are all searching for answers. The moment we stop that search, we cease to be the leader of our own life. No matter what we do for a living, we are all entrepreneurs of our own ideas. The generation of ideas and answers to life’s questions is empowering. It helps us to identify and [...]

Leadership Blind Spots: 5 Reasons to Look in the Mirror

You have blind spots. Just like the cars we drive, you have them as a leader. Some of us have HUGE blind spots. Some of us have moderate sized blind spots. And then some are lucky enough to have very small ones. …But we all have them. The Blind Leading Himself Over the years, my [...]

Leading Change When it Bursts Through the Doors

Whether it is a planned or unplanned change, the disruption through a transition is often underestimated. Are you ready for change? 4 Key Drivers  Common to businesses are four key drivers and the organizational strategy for each one of them. Once a successful link has been made to each area, each team and individual goals are understood alongside execution and fair metrics. Keep in [...]

The Unwritten Rules of Career Success

Last week I taught a half a dozen workshops for one of my clients on how to succeed at work. In doing research for the workshop, I came across a survey entitled Unwritten Rules: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt Your Career. According to the authors, Laura Sabattini and Sarah Dinolfo, some very interesting and [...]

On Leadership and Cowboys and Snowmen

I’ll confess… what I wanted to be when I was younger is no longer my career aspiration… I wanted to be a cowboy. A real American cowboy! That may have been a side-affect of watching too many John Wayne movies as a kid.  Although my dream career as a kid was “highly aspirational…” It was far more [...]

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