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More Hours In The Day Would Make You a Better Leader—Here’s How to Get Them
A wonderful three-part exercise that we are using with leaders at all levels in any organization.
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Authentic Leadership: Beyond Checking the Box
Authenticity isn’t about making statements — it’s about ensuring those statements translate into real actions and lasting change.
5 min read


Avoiding Life’s Biggest Regret
Don't miss out on a simple but powerful way to boost performance.
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Powering Up Positivity
Looking for a quick way to give your team a productivity boost? Start by eliminating negativity.
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How To Exit Right
Think of leaving well as an investment in your next act.
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Doing Layoffs the Right Way
Make sure the people you want to keep know that you want to keep them.
3 min read


‘Be Human’: Marshall Goldsmith’s Best Leadership Advice Right Now
Marshall Goldsmith is among the world’s most revered CEO coaches. His best advice for you right now? It has nothing to do with strategy.
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The Six-Question Process: Helping Executives Become Better Coaches
This process has produced measurable change in effectiveness (as evaluated by direct reports) with five CEOs that I have personally coached.
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Do You Want to Be Mindful?
Do You Want to Be Mindful? Ask Yourself One Simple Question
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Making a Resolution That Matters
To make resolutions that matter, don't look forward. Look back. It is February - half of all New Year's resolutions have already been...
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Why You Need a Personal Superhero!
My greatest hero is Buddha. He is my personal superhero. Like all of my other wonderful heroes, Frances Hesselbein, Peter Drucker, Alan...
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Elements for Effective Delegation
Leaders often fall into the trap that they “need to delegate” more. For some reason, they’ve been led to believe that delegation is always a good thing. It’s not!
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7 Ways to Leverage Power
Power is an interesting concept when leading and working within organizations. Power is not always just as it appears on the...
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One Thing Great Leaders Never Do
The ever-increasing presence of knowledge workers (people who know more about what they are doing than their boss does) presents...
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Don’t Come to Me with a Problem!
Most of us have difficulty articulating our struggles in a public forum, especially in the presence of our boss and peers. This probably...
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Every Leader Has to Start Somewhere!
Every leader has to start somewhere. This is just the fact of the matter. And, another fact? Not every leader, even some of the greatest...
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How to Successfully Leave Your Job
Transitions such as quitting one job for another opportunity or retiring from your current career are usually far harder than we imagine....
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What You Should Know about Making Excuses at Work!
There is simply no excuse for making excuses at work – or anyplace else for that matter. When you’re late to an appointment and you hear...
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Is Your Boss a Chief Critic Officer?
One of the bad habits that I talk about in my best-selling book What Got You Here Won’t Get You There is “Passing judgment: the need to...
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6 Things Positive People Say in Adversity!
Today, with all of the pressures of life and work, we’re busier and working harder than we ever have. Sometimes life can be difficult,...
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