Growth Mindset Meets EQ
“Growth Mindset” mania has hit America, and everyone from corporate executives to educational leaders are talking about the topic. Carol Dweck’s Mindset: A New Psychology of Success has stirred conversations about the ability every person has to keep learning, growing, and achieving in order to reach his/her full potential. And those of us at LEADon […]
Leadership Lessons from the North Pole
Over the years, we have appreciated being involved with organizations during the holiday season. Many take time to celebrate your Corporate Family®—from reflecting on accomplishments to acknowledging employees for all of the contributions they’ve made during the preceding months. We’ve also shared this fun list of “leadership lessons” that we’ve complied, putting our own Corporate […]
What are Corporate Family® Systems?
One of the more frequently asked questions the LEADon team receives is “What exactly do you mean by Corporate Family®?” On the surface, this question makes complete sense—after all, isn’t family a term reserved for our personal lives? And how could family have much to do with most companies—unless it happens to be a family-run […]
True Grit
You may have noticed that there’s been a lot of conversation lately about “grit.” This issue has arisen partly due to societal concerns about Millennials’ and their younger counterparts’, the so-called “911 Generation,” lack of resolve, determination, and perseverance. In reality, though, there are members of every generation in today’s workforce who could use more […]
Gridiron Reality: Essential Business Lessons
Before the first trace of Fall’s crispness, football is underway across America. Whether in local parks, high school or college stadiums or on Sundays, athletes have donned their helmets and pads for another exciting season of this popular sport. Even if you don’t have a favorite team, you have to admire the dedication and determination […]
Appreciation: The Culture that Changes You
As I re-read the email, I could hardly believe it had been sent a month plus a few days before I lost a good friend and colleague. His death had been sudden, and the sadness of his loss has greatly impacted all of us who had the chance to know Jay. Personally, he loved life […]
Rest and Better Brain Power
I read a detailed article recently on the importance of rest and the brain’s ability to function at maximum capacity. Although the length of the article alone nearly put me to sleep after a long day, I found much of the evidence shared in the Scientific American piece extremely valuable. I especially needed to be […]
Emotional Quotient and You: A Tale of Two Leaders
“The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee, and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.” John D. Rockefeller For many in the large company we worked with years ago, it truly was the best of times—and the worst of times. […]