Principles

July 21, 2022

The Future of Work: Dystopia or Utopia?

Today’s guest post is from Dr. Philip Foster. You can learn more about him and his work below. _________ Recently I read an article from The Verge by Rich […]
July 14, 2022

Why is organizational success important?

Some of my most interesting insights are gleaned from real-life. Like orange trees (see The Tale of the Orange and the Lemon Tree)! This week an orange […]
July 7, 2022

Leading Change [Infographic]

When I ask people to define effective leadership I get a wide array of answers. However, they often share a common them and it is something called change. […]
October 19, 2015

Developing Followers Who Lead Themselves

An old adage advises us not to put all our eggs in one basket. We’ve all applied this principle to matters such as our finances, our time […]
September 25, 2015

The Problem with ‘Important’

A colleague and I have had a difficult time meeting lately. As I have reflected on why this has occurred, I have discovered that the word ‘important‘ […]
September 16, 2015

Nurturing Your Inner Leader: The Value of Your Values

Can you remember your last high pressure sales experience? What emotions did it stir in you – excitement, fear, caution, anger? A few weeks ago I […]
September 2, 2015

What’s Your Why? Assessing the Motives of a Leader

The more I study leadership the more I find myself focusing on one word – why. Why do we lead? Why do I lead? Why do […]
August 27, 2015

The Paradox of Feedback

This week I had the privilege of conducting leadership development training with a talented group of managers. One of the topics we discussed was feedback. It was […]
August 20, 2015

Global Leadership: Do You Have These 3 Cultural Agility Skills?

I like to spend time with people who have lived in other cultures. They are interesting. They have great stories. And they usually possess an exemplary set […]
August 13, 2015

20 More Quotable Quotes from the Global Leadership Summit 2015 Part II

Today’s post contains 20 more great quotes from speakers at the Global Leadership Summit last week. If you missed the first post you can access it […]
August 11, 2015

20 Quotable Quotes from the Global Leadership Summit 2015 Part I

Last week I had the privilege of attending the annual two-day Global Leadership Summit (via video feed). I was impressed by the depth of speakers, the quality […]
August 6, 2015

How to Predict Successful Business Mergers & Acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A’s) are an important part of our business landscape. In America, about 10,000 of them occur each year. While organizations celebrate these acquisitions, their excitement […]