The Leadership Practice of Gratitude
With the launch of my new book, “Inner Switch: 7 Timeless Principles to Transform Modern Leadership,” https://bit.ly/3KgWTRK. I’ve had the opportunity to reflect a lot about gratitude. It was an exceptional week, not only because I was speaking to people who were interested in the book’s message. It was exceptional because of the depth […]
How Gratitude Can Transform Your Leadership and Influence
It’s that time of year. The fall harvest holidays are almost upon us. It is a time when we place our attention on who and what makes us thankful. Are we also aware of the importance of gratitude in our everyday role as leaders? According to an article in The Harvard Health Newsletter, (Nov. 2011), […]
Attention Leaders: How Are You Navigating The Biggest Psychological Experiment in History, Really?
The Covid-19 pandemic is testing us in unimaginable way. As leaders, it is critical that we be mindful of its impact on our work, including our ability to concentrate, our mood, our energy levels, and on our communication. According to an article in this week’s Scientific American, “At one point roughly one-third of the planet’s population […]
What Can You Use This Leadership Moment to Do Differently?
I’ve been reflective these past two weeks on the massive response to the brutal killing of George Floyd. As a boomer, it feels as if we are re-living the same civil rights struggles from the 1960’s. Has so little progressed in the last fifty years in the march forward towards equality and justice for all? I’ve been reading, […]
Leadership In Complex Times: What Are Leaders Talking About Right Now?
One of the casualties of the pandemic is the lack of in-person social contact. This impacts organizational leaders who need to engage in spontaneous, thoughtful conversations as a way of life. In order to offer support to this community, I co-hosted and facilitated an Executive Roundtable last week for this purpose. Comprised of CEO’s of entrepreneurial […]