Leaders can become overwhelmed with the need to get so much done, particularly when they find themselves being asked to take on more and more responsibilities. While we can comfortably habituate to a certain level of activity, when new responsibilities are added, we can easily find ourselves wondering how we are going to get everything… Continue Reading Overcoming Overwhelm Through Planning and Delegation
READ MOREI have asked thousands of participants in my leadership workshops to define the activities of effective leaders. Here is the second in a series of articles elaborating on some of the more common answers I get when asking my clients about the role of leaders in their organizations. Leaders Know How to Convince Others to… Continue Reading The Many Faces of Leadership – Part II
READ MOREThe setting of clear expectations by leaders is essential to focusing behaviors and actions. When I became the senior executive for one of my former employer’s most important business functions, the first thing I did was determine what was most important to our success moving forward. I identified eight expectations I believed would contribute most… Continue Reading Setting and Communicating Clear Expectations
READ MOREI have asked thousands of participants in my leadership workshops to define the activities of effective and fit leaders. Many point to the leader as the key visionary for the organization, while others point to leaders as motivators, risk takers, delegators and masterful communicators. Here is the first in a series of posts highlighting the… Continue Reading The Many Faces of Leadership – Part I
READ MOREI want to thank my friend and colleague Shawn Driscoll for selecting our Institute for Leadership Fitness as a “perfect example of what I consider a ‘signature’ program”. You can read Shawn’s article on our Institute by visiting her blog Leading the Way. Shawn inspires high achieving executives, professionals and entrepreneurs to follow a path… Continue Reading Building a Signature Program
READ MOREWatching my clients interact in team meetings provides me with numerous examples of how people tend to get “furious rather than curious” when they disagree with something someone else has said. Many of us jump too quickly to let a colleague “see” why they are wrong, or how their logic is faulty. Perhaps we do… Continue Reading Choose to Be Curious, Not Furious
READ MORELeadership is challenging even in the best of times. When markets sour and the economy finds itself in a tailspin, leaders often are stretched and tested. Staying focused on long-term strategies can be a challenge when so many fires beg to be put out. We will emerge from these tough times, and while we may… Continue Reading Leading Through Tough Times
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