Before I ‘roll up my sleeves’ and ‘dive in’ with my teams that I work with, I like to often ask: If you had to choose, would you rather have an A+ team or an A+ strategy? Nine times out of 10, people choose an A+ team. After all, what good is a dynamite strategy […]
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A 2-Step Process To Achieving Influential Leadership
The bottom line is that mentorship/coaching/consulting isn’t just about providing advice, guidance and counsel: It’s a process of unlocking everyone’s potential, enabling employees the opportunity to let them become their ‘highest selves’ and making a positive, value-add difference to all stakeholders involved. Individuals who have been through the trials and tribulations of business are qualified […]
Relevance: The Difference Between High-Performing and Mediocre Teams
Relevance is one of the most over-used, yet elusive, buzzwords in today’s hypercompetitive workplace. I don’t think anyone struggles with its definition. Relevance is having importance to the matter at hand. I do, however, think EVERYONE struggles with how to achieve it. Relevance is often a tenuous goal especially when it comes to cross-functional teams with […]
The Secret to True Happiness…and How to Achieve It!
There’s a great question in life: Would you rather be right or happy? I have no doubt: I would rather be happy. When I was only 4 years old, my family and I escaped Vietnam one day before the Fall of Saigon. My mom was able to flee with 8 of her 10 children. But […]
From ‘Vision To Reality’ 9 Critical Steps!
According to John Kotter, over 50% of companies fail in the first step to completing a vision! Guess what that step is . . . Aligning Leadership on what you are trying to accomplish! That statistic alone screams how difficult it is to strategically plan and execute. And how few companies actually succeed at visioning. […]
‘Honestly’ Assess Your Leadership Skills
Are You Demonstrating the ‘Right’ Behaviors? . . . Do Others Agree? Leadership Perception vs. Leadership Reality The title of this blog deals with what I like to call ‘honest’ self-evaluation. If you’re like most, you interpret this to mean a truthful introspection of what you’re doing right and what you could do better. And, […]
8 Ways to Determine to ‘Stay In the Game’ Or ‘Call It Quits!’
Even the greatest had trouble ‘calling it quits.’ Michael Jordan, Joe Montana, Muhammad Ali, Wayne Gretzky – all peak performers who struggled at the end of their careers. What motivated them to stay when it seemed obvious their thoroughbred years were behind them? That’s a great question that goes well beyond professional sports. It also […]
12 Ways to Earn Respect And Trust As A Leader
Have you ever heard the mantra that respect is the cornerstone of effective leadership? If you haven’t, then I’m here to tell you it should be indelibly etched into every action you take as a leader. Think about it, do you want to work for, or associate with, people you don’t respect? Exactly, nor does […]
11 Ways to Break Beyond Your Comfort Zone!
The first thing you should be asking yourself is ‘why should I want to break out of my comfort zone’? I’m comfortable! I know! Me too! But the reality is while we are on this so called Earth: We are either growing or we are dying. Now I can’t stop my body from getting older […]