On Leadership and Your Credibility Assets

I recall as a young teenager my father coming home from a trip with my first car, a 1970 Mustang. I was THRILLED!! But there was a condition to me getting my car. I had to pay the note off at our local bank. Establishing Credibility My father had called our banker from Galveston, TX [...]

Leaders: 6 Ways to Find Your Business Happy Place

Where is your business “happy place?” Do you even know if you have one? And if you do, how do you find it and go there? Imagine this: You are having a bad day, and it seems like it going to last until you somehow make it home and put your head on your pillow. [...]

6 Steps to Sustainable Teams: Start with Strengths

A great leader does what they can to make themselves and people around them succeed and excel to their fullest potential. If you as a leader aren’t doing this, then it’s time to focus on becoming a “Maximizer.” Maximizer:  People with the “Maximizer Theme” focus on others’ strengths as a way to stimulate personal and [...]

Leaders: How to Build the Perfect Organizational Machine

Strong leaders know one thing above all else: At the end of the day, organizational success is all about, and only about, one thing: Performance. Without performance, your future is set… Meaning: You are done! Ask yourself this: When trying to secure the right people in your organization to help produce growth, are you tired of the employee selection [...]

Awe (a mindful leadership blog)

What a great time to start something new—at this time of year. This is the season we look to the past with fondness, the present with awe, and the future with great expectations.   It’s a rare time for many; a time when we actually stop to reflect, renew, restore, and re-create. Seeing the World Anew There’s [...]

Leadership Follies – Teenage Mind In the Heart of Leaders

Have you noticed that business, politics, entertainment, and the average person have created a culture of abdication and finger-pointing? Do you find yourself or businesses and people around you practicing this adolescent behavior?  I certainly have! And a recent letter that a friend showed me from their soon-to-be-adult child cemented this belief for me. Childish [...]

EntrepreLeadership Files: Building Confidence in Others

As a leader, it’s your job to become an expert in your industry.  You’re expected to absorb enough knowledge to be able to execute your duties as if they were second nature.  However, there is a danger in becoming so flawless in your approach as you mature as a leader that you can lose touch [...]

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