Your First Leadership Relationship—It’s With Yourself

First establish the connection within self –this is leadership’s first relationship. All successful interactions depend upon successful communication.
Why Leaders Need Ambiguity

Ambiguity and order are tensions to be managed. There is a time and a place for both. Generally speaking, order reproduces—ambiguity creates.
Attention Leaders! Just Recalling Power Creates Powerful Impact

Hundreds of studies have shown that simply recalling a time in which one had power produces the same effects as having power.
Lessons from Nelson Mandela

The essence of Nelson Mandela’s gift was his uncanny ability to connect deeply with his own vision and to connect it to others. His example reminds us that what lies outside of us pales in comparison to what lies within….
Three Tips for Leaders to Hit the Ground Running in January

Give yourself the gift of wrapping your leadership values, habits and practices in a metaphorical box. Leaders renew and replenish this month. Clean out.