Lessons in Leadership: Soaring with the Winds of Life
When facing challenges at work, consider the ‘winds’ of life.
Making Things Bigger Than They Really Are
Do you sometimes make things bigger than they really are? Managers and leaders need to be on watch for overstating what is going on. More importantly, they need to throttle their internal reaction to the things around them. The great social activist Chicken Little was quoted as saying “The sky is falling” when he had […]
Leadership Playlist Built by Experience
I like a good play list as much as the next guy. Tunes I pay attention to are ones that have grown in my heart and mind over the years. Artists who hit a particular chord with me stay on my list a long time. I don’t shuffle all that often. However, I am open […]
Beating Procrastination at Its Own Game – and Ways to Thrive
People often ask me about ways to beat procrastination. I usually say “I’ll get back to you.” Just kidding. Everyone procrastinates sometimes, but 20 percent of people chronically avoid difficult tasks and deliberately look for distractions—which, unfortunately, are increasingly available. Procrastination in large part reflects our perennial struggle with self-control as well as our inability […]
Stuck Right Now? Here’s How to Get 3 Levels Beyond
Are you feeling stuck? It’s like walking in quicksand. You can’t make any forward progress.
Here’s a Powerful Formula for GREAT Success
In the fast-paced world of business, it’s easy to lose sight of your most valuable principles. Even the best of leaders get overwhelmed with progress happening at what seems like the speed of light. As I visit with leaders at all levels, I find a need to return to a couple of very basic ideas. […]
Here’s the One Topic Always Missing from Everyone’s Top 10 Leadership Lists
Are you curious when you read a headline about leadership “Top 10”? I know I am. There are certainly some great thoughts that get covered in the popular lists of success factors attributed to great leadership. Goodness knows we need good leadership. Yet there is one topic that seldom gets mentioned in any Top 10 […]
Leaders: Here’s Why Multi-Tasking is a Bad Idea
The idea of multi-tasking is a widely popular idea. People brag about how much cool stuff they can do all at the same time. The advent of smartphones, tablets, and smart watches make us all feel like multi-tasking Ninjas. The truth is, it is all a smoke screen. Very rarely do any of us truly multitask. […]
Calling All Remote Workers
Since 2000 there has been a growing trend to let workers do their duties remotely; telecommuting it was once called. With the availability of so much good technology, it seemed extra generous of employers to allow workers to avoid the hassles of doing a daily commute. The company saved on facilities expense. While the trend […]
Trouble Staying Positive?
For many years I worked as a banker in real estate. My clients were hugely successful commercial developers and/or residential mortgage groups. To make a good banking loan, you have to be focused on the property that is being financed. The property becomes the primary collateral for the loan. The borrower must work to maintain the […]