Make 2013 Your Best Year Ever: Step Out of Overwhelm and Into Your Brilliance!
What’s the number one thing people report when I speak to them about their own ability to lead and influence? Overwhelm; Plain and simple. It’s difficult to experience anything different in a world where more is asked and expected than ever before and technology keeps us tethered 24/7.
What Animals Have to Do with Leadership
How are we as humans detached from the signals that are available, yet that we often ignore? There are opportunities in all of our work situations that we are often ill-prepared or unable to act upon. Yet what do we do about it?
The Inside Job of Leadership: Calm in the Eye of the Storm
What are you doing about preparedness as a leader? What are you practicing to be prepared? Is the mood in your organization one of possibility and resolve to come up with creative, satisfying solutions? Or has there been a mood of entrenchment and “hunkering-down” based on fear?
Resilience: What It Is and How to Develop It
We don’t have to look far in our world to see rapid change. People who lead and influence may find themselves in a whirlwind cycle of reactivity, feeling as if the world is happening around them, and often is not the world they wish it could be. Leaders who are effective demonstrate resilience and the capacity to skillfully handle a changing environment.
The Resilient Leader: Overcoming Negativity and Regaining Influence
Most of us struggle with the repetitive patterns of negativity at one time or another. It’s important to realize that this can be changed, and that we are in charge of that choice. This simple realization is transformational for individuals, leaders, and organizations.