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Have you ever been cut-off by a driver on the highway and then instantly gave them some feedback?
Have you ever said something to someone Read More
Earlier this week, I watched an excerpt from a presentation Itay Talgam gave to an audience of about a thousand people at the Vistage 2013 Read More
In a recent Vistage group meeting, one of my members brought up the issue of “deferred maintenance.” His well run firm underwent very Read More
During a recent conflict mediation…
Me: Before we begin today’s mediation, I’d like to ask each of you to share what your desired outcome is Read More
I’ve been reading a number of articles recently about the Finnish School system, which as you may know is regarded among the finest in the Read More
The way we look at our world, or our leadership perspective, shapes and defines our thoughts, the way we make decisions, and the quality of Read More
When members of our society organize to accomplish goals, they typically choose between two major domains – the “For-Profit” and the “Not-for-Profit” worlds. We Read More
When it comes to the development of your team playing the role of mentor and coach can be beneficial to their development. These two terms Read More
There are five shifting values and consumer behaviors currently remaking America and the world. What are they and what do they mean to you as Read More
If you’ve seen the award winning CBS television show, Undercover Boss, you know the premise: the owner or senior executive from a company goes Read More
There is an expression I hear regularly around the table of the executive meetings I lead. It is “I have to___” (fill in Read More
Today CEO’s are in a quagmire. They are finding themselves running their business’s, making CEO decisions yet having to either manage a sales department or Read More
I have had a number of conversations lately with colleagues about the challenges leaders face in creating greater diversity in their organizations. Diversity comes in Read More
If you were to ask someone to create a list of emotions, they would likely write down happiness, sadness, anger, frustration, gladness, etc. and even Read More
A colleague of mine recently joined the Board of Directors of a favorite non-profit with much enthusiasm, only to discover how much drama was going Read More
The Three Ingredients to Asking Open Questions: Ingredient #1- The Intention to Learn and Understand
Peter Drucker said “…the leader of the past knew how to tell. The leader of the future will know how to ask.”
How Read More
Yesterday, I enjoyed the privilege of delivering the keynote address at Seton Hall University’s Master of Arts in Strategic Communication & Leadership Graduation ceremony. While Read More
It may be time to shake things up a bit! Most staff meetings involve the use of an all too familiar agenda: 1) The leader Read More
Are you missing out on a powerful source of creativity by overlooking the introverts in your organization and the way they work best?
Susan Cain Read More
In a USA Today article entitled, “On The Job: Teams better in concept than practice,” author Anita Bruzzese cited a University of Phoenix Read More
Last week, my post Peer or Expert? was a follow-up to a piece I wrote over the summer titled, What Does it Take to be Read More
There are leaders who inspire employees to stretch themselves and succeed beyond all expectation, and there are leaders who sap energy, drain intelligence, and kill Read More
Last summer, I wrote a post titled: What Does It Take to be a Great Chair? I wasn’t talking about a piece of furniture and Read More
Hubris is one of the great renewable resources.
- P. J. O’Rourke
It’s widely held that the best leaders do more than make things work Read More
Recently the Pacific Northwest Vistage Chairs have been using a powerful system called “The Enneagram” for their own development and for some of their groups. Read More