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Pioneering Productive Leadership: The Crucial First Step for New Managers

The Role of Leaders in Initiating and Cultivating Healthy, Productive Relationships Transitioning from a team member to a manager is not...

Four minutes of Me: How I got here..so far

In a career that began as a grocery bagger and led to diverse roles at United Parcel Service, community colleges, utility companies, the...

Thriving in the VUCA Business Environment: Leveraging the Five Practices of Exemplary Leaders

In today's rapidly changing business landscape, characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA), leaders face...

Recovering from a Viral Toxic Remark: Thoughts for CEOs to Repair Leadership and Corporate Culture

In today's fast-paced digital world, communication can spread rapidly, and the power of social media can amplify even the smallest of...

Would they elect you?

“If there was a secret ballot, would the people on your team elect you to be their leader?” I used to ask team leaders that question. ...

What Works - 2016

Borderless Research℠ (http//:borderless.net) recently published the results of their 2016 Leadership Development Survey. Roughly 1000...

What Do You See?

I use a simple exercise in many of my workshops to highlight the way humans take in selective information. In the middle of a large blank...

Creating a Quality Work Life

The business press is paying much attention to work life quality issues since the announcement that Yahoo homeworkers were being asked to...

Purpose Before Goal

“The secret of success is constancy of purpose.” Benjamin Disraeli “Create constancy of purpose toward improvement of product and...

Driven to Drink?

A play on the old adage says, “You can lead an employee to water, but you can’t make them drink.” With tongue firmly in cheek, I suggest...