Being a relational leader is vital to success. The more you lead, the more you depend on relationship skills rather than technical skills. However, many leaders can be lured into focusing on tasks instead of people. One of my clients knows that the busier she gets, the more task focused she gets. She has to […]
Eight Characteristics of a Relational Leader Read More »
What is a top trait that moves organizations and teams to excellence? If we look at the typical actions of organizations and teams, the answer would be in gaining knowledge. Often we think that the greatest, cutting-edge, performing teams have the best knowledge (including strategy, talent or data). However, knowledge would not be the answer
Two Keys to Success of a Top Performing Leader Read More »
We seem to constantly hear about leaders who lose their way by committing ethical failures that ruin their career and organization. Hewlett-Packard CEO, Mark Hurd, submitted false expense reports and had to resign. U.S. Senator John Ensign used monetary payoffs to cover up an extramarital affair. The list could go on. It is easy to
How to Keep from Tripping Over Leadership Read More »
3 Steps to Life Balance When we lack life balance, we can often experience pain that impacts us in multiple areas of our lives. Often there is low mental energy, which leads to loss of productivity and money. We can have low emotional energy, which leads to unfulfilled relationships, strain in marriages, friendships and not
Is Your World Spinning Out of Control? Read More »
You Can Be an Influencer – Part III “If you can’t find a way to change a person’s intrinsic response to a behavior – if you can’t make the right behaviors pleasurable and the wrong behaviors painful – you’ll have to make up for the motivational shortfall by relying on external incentives or possibly even
Newsletter, Vol. 15, num. 3, March 2011 Read More »
