You, the leader, must have a clear purpose and mission. You have to know why youre in it and what IT is. High performing teams arent constructed based on pure logic or reason. They need an emotion

Older folks admonished me, Grow where youre planted. The wisest of old folks who surrounded me influenced me to be careful where I was willing to plant myself. They knew the soil of my life would

Busy, busy, busy! Its the battle cry in every city. The flow of work that must be done is often overwhelming. Managers lament, I dont have time to grow my people. Weve got too much work to do.

Everything in your life is a reflection of a choice you have made. If you want a different result, make a different choice. Unknown Regularly I challenge my coaching clients with this question,

As consumer weve all experienced that awful time when people dont do what they say. Its frustrating. Sometimes infuriating. Because were on the receiving end of that experience. Truth is, were

Many of us value popularity over influence. Some degree of fame over impact. I ran across a statement that I had to write down in my little notebook Others will attempt to get you to lower your st

Our show today began with seeing this quote after the NBA championship series was won by the Denver Nuggets. This quote provoked us to think about the power of resilience in personal, professional a

If you cant explain it simply, you dont understand it well enough. Albert Einstein I heard Herminia Ibarra, a Yale-educated Ph.D. in organizational behavior, talk about the value of saying

If I hear the trite phrase, comfort zone, my eyes roll up into the back of my head. But my eyes do that when I hear any number of trite phrases. Besides, I rather enjoy being comfortable. Like now

In recent weeks Lisa and I have been reminded of how rare leadership development is in organizations. While speaking at a recent conference Lisa, Lauren Safranek (Director of Human Resources, City o