Leadership Spring Cleaning: Getting Your House in Order for Productivity.

In honor of the beginning of spring, for the next two weeks Step Up Tips will offer information to help you increase your leadership productivity—using effective tools to change habits. Take my new client Linda.  She recently came to me with two big goals for our work together; one is helping her create a productivity […]

Getting Started: A Leadership Secret You Deserve To Know

Slow down to move fast.  This important leadership secret underscores much of the work I do with leaders.  At this hectic time of year, I thought it would be helpful to emphasize that how we start the day often determines how effective we are in our activities.  It can be challenging to resist the urge […]

The Servant Leader: The Gift of Your Leadership

This week’s Step Up Leader post borrows from a timely post in Leading Blog. In the midst of the busy holiday season and the crush of important and urgent matters, it may be challenging to think about leadership priorities.  Yet, it’s the perfect time to think of leadership as a long-term practice based in giving, […]

Is Your Leadership In The Right Gear? Part 2

Last week, Step Up Leader Tip borrowed a Leading Blog post on a topic that is fundamental to effective leadership and living:  presence.  How many times do we notice that we are physically here but our mind is somewhere else?   This is a symptom of the inability to be present, without which connection with […]

Is Your Leadership In The Right Gear? Part 1

For the next two weeks, Step Up Leader Tips borrows from a recent Leading Blog post on a topic that is fundamental to effective leadership and living:  presence.  How many times do we notice that we are physically here but our mind is somewhere else?   This is a symptom of the inability to be present, […]