Striving For Second Place

by | Apr 15, 2016 | Uncategorized

“I’m #2!!!”  he announced with great pride and excitement. “Awesome,” I replied.  “Is that good?” “Fabulous.” You see, most people as competitive as this client of mine tend not to stop until they hit #1.  Anything less is usually viewed as a failure, or...

Leadership Junk Food: Sound Bites

by | Apr 5, 2016 | Uncategorized

Do you remember that confounding answer to Life, The Universe & Everything that floated around for decades?  According to the supercomputer Deep Thought*, after 7.5 million years of consideration, it turns out the answer was…42. Of course, Deep Thought did...

A Leader’s Most Powerful Tool

by | Mar 30, 2016 | Uncategorized

Note to self: Words are powerful things.   We want to believe that old saying about “sticks and stones…” But is it true, that words can never hurt me? No. Words matter. They can inspire and they can destroy.   They can change the course of history and stop progress in...

The HARDEST Leadership Lesson

by | Mar 26, 2016 | Uncategorized

Brace yourself. This may not be easy.  Where do I start? Hmmm…Oh! I know. Let’s start here: They’re lazy! They don’t want to work! They think they’re entitled!  They have no work ethic! They won’t ‘pay their dues!’...

What Leadership ISN’T: Clarity of Vision

by | Mar 26, 2016 | Uncategorized

I heard a quote that’s been attributed to anonymous (the coward :-)), but it’s been really plaguing me lately. It goes like this: “If you can clearly see your own path, you can be sure it’s someone else’s.”  Wait!  What?! I thought the whole idea of...