Having doubts as a leader?

I work with leaders who often have big dreams—visionary individuals who, when they begin to work, find their ideas are often outside the mainstream of the marketplace.  These individuals possess a rare combination of abilities; high degrees of creativity, tempered with equally high analytic horsepower.  I am constantly amazed to watch as they go back […]

How Do You Manage in the Gray?

This week’s Step Up Leader Tips borrows from Leading Blog.  We outline an approach to a common leadership conundrum:  How To Manage in the Gray? Leadership today requires more than ever before.  Leaders need to make decisions based on facts, and to discern the difference between opinion and fact.  They need to analyze what is […]

What Five Hours Can Mean to Your Leadership Success

This week’s Step Up Leader Tips borrows from a recent article in Inc. magazine.  I work with successful, high-performing leaders who never seem to feel they have enough time.  We are always looking for ways to reduce or eliminate things that weigh on their time and energy.  However, we also have learned that certain things, […]

When The Going Gets Tough I…..

Recently I’ve experienced a number of tough challenges.  I’ve also been hearing from friends and colleagues who’ve been voicing the same.  This got me to reflect on my habits and patterns. I’ve also observed how others who receive challenging news manage to courageously embrace “what is.” Leadership is an opportunity to evolve and develop aspects […]

Resilience Revisited: Recharge or Relapse

Shawn Achor writes in the Harvard Business Review that resilience requires more than resting.  It requires recovery.  What’s the difference? “So how do we recover and build resilience? Most people assume that if you stop doing a task like answering emails or writing a paper, that your brain will naturally recover, such that when you […]