Practice Makes Perfect: The Art of Envisioning Outcomes as a Leader

This week’s Step Up Leader Tips offers my observations on an important leadership tool; practice. This week there were three client examples reminding me to share! You may be wondering “when on earth am I supposed to practice anything? —and that is exactly the thinking that I want to challenge. What I’ve observed in coaching […]

Do You Exhibit the 10 Leadership Behaviors of a Powerful Culture?

In the work I do with entrepreneurial leaders and teams, the lack of trust often surfaces as a challenge. Founders often struggle with how to trust as their organizations grow and take on new hires. The culture shifts; decisions can no longer be made by one or two people. Companies in rapid-fire growth do not […]

What’s the True Value of Leadership?

I do quite a bit of work for investor-owned companies. In these situations my focus is on helping leaders of these organizations improve performance that translates into metric and defining the true value of leadership. We know that confidence in leadership is important, but what exactly do we look for?   This week’s Step Up […]

A Heartfelt Look at Leadership

February’s theme takes a heartfelt look at leadership in honor of Valentine’s Day. Based on the work of Lance Secretan, Ph.D, an author of 14 books, speaker, and consultant to clients who are among Fortune’s 30 Most Admired Companies in America, we explore the most essential element of effective leadership. He believes it is inspiration, […]

18 Tips to Move Your Career Forward in 2016

This week’s Step Up Tips was adapted from an excellent post by colleague Alana Muller, Founder of Coffee Lunch Coffee, author and fellow speaker. In an earlier post this month we announced that, I and 17 other highly-sought career experts, are together revealing our best strategies and tactics for career success in a FREE Virtual […]