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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
10 Goals for Today’s Working Women (and the men in your lives!) Part II
In a previous blog, I shared five of ten goals that I believe are beneficial for today’s working women, and the men in their lives too. It is my belief that if men could kindly encourage the women in their lives to follow the values/principles shared here via accountability, both men and women would benefit […]
10 Goals for Today’s Working Women (and the men in your lives!) Part I
This blog is for everyone, so don’t stop reading! If you are a man, please read this and then pass it on to a woman in your life. It could be a colleague, friend, or perhaps your wife or daughter. Let her know that the following thoughts are from a leadership coach with thirty years […]
Bank of Relational Equity and Trust
Over the years, we’ve talked to leaders about building trust and why it is essential for the long-term health of any organization. But how is trust actually built, or should we say developed, between individuals, teams, and in corporate families? Interestingly enough, this process is similar to the way people bank money, but instead of […]