Blankity-Blank-Blank Nerves!!

Nerves! Those blankity-blank-blank nerves! Yes, you heard me.  Nerves.  Those darn nerves!  Always around, never a dull moment: “nerves” have gotten the best of us and promoted the worst of us.  Leadership isn’t leadership without nerves, is it. I have a close relationship with nerves.  My nerves, other people’s nerves, high nerves, low nerves… the [...]

Have You Capped Your Potential?

There’s an unusual looking building I often walk past in New York at 11 Madison Avenue. And it got me thinking recently… All Base, No Stride Today the stout-looking building in the picture above is home to Credit Suisse’s World Headquarters. Back in 1909 the Met Life Tower on the site was the tallest building [...]

Katie Couric’s Evolution to Leadership

While tiptoeing through the tulips of online nice-to-knows, I stumbled upon a time capsule of sorts. Er, wait a second.  That really doesn’t do it justice.  Let me try this again. While in search of what seems a nearly impossible task of satisfying my curious and insatiable mind for learning something new (that’s better), I [...]

Leadership Sabotage: Intentional or Not?

[Reposted from the L2L Classic Series. May 5, 2010] Do you sabotage people at work? If so, do you do it intentionally? There are countless ways every day whereby leaders engage in sabotage. While it can be argued that much of this is unintentional, the proliferation of such acts begs otherwise. But, you may ask, what [...]

Leadership: A Curtsy, A Bow, or A Handshake?

Happy New Year everyone! And a special Happy New Year to our USA southerly continental sister’s country of Brazil for ushering the new year with the inauguration of its first female President, Dilma Rousseff.  Folks, this is leadership news that is more noteworthy than Obama assuming office, and let me tell you why. Anyone care to [...]

6 Leadership Lessons from Rudolph

‘Tis the season! One annual tradition in my house is gathering to watch Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer. This year, I watched it through the lens of leadership. Imagine Burl Ives, as the voice of Sam the Snowman, applying the lessons of Rudolph to the workplace… 6 Lessons in Leadership Scenario 1 Rudolph first apppears as the [...]

Feeling Trapped: Symptoms of Stress!

Is your leadership style creating stress in your organization? If it is then it is costing you and your company dearly. Prolonged stress is linked to numerous life-threatening diseases and debilitating disorders.   Prolonged stress can be a major contributor to a myriad of addictions, including drug, alcohol and cigarettes.  The effects of stress are also linked [...]

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