Technology and Leadership: The Missing Connection

Technology is one of the greatest additions to our modern lives.  Yet the way we use it and engage with it, may not necessarily be helping with our leadership effectiveness.  Sure, we are more ostensibly connected-never far away from our phones, tablets and laptops.  Yet proximity does not a connection make.  I would argue that […]

Incivility Has a Cost

This week’s Step Up Leader Tips explores the price we pay for incivility. You’ve probably noticed it more often, because it’s happening more often. I am aware of it when I attend performances at our local Performing Arts Center. People around me are talking aloud, unwrapping food, looking at their cellphones, etc. It’s frustrating to […]

Five Habits of Top Athletes to Enhance Your Leadership

This week’s Step Up Leader Tips borrows from Leading Blog. Dr. Greg Wells, author of Superbodies: Peak Performance Secrets From the World’s Best Athletes is a scientist who specializes in extreme human physiology. He draws a parallel between elite athletes and top executives to help business leaders perform at the highest level, even when under […]

The Secret Ingredient to Setting Effective Goals: It’s Not What You Think

Welcome to February! Technically it’s the last month of winter in the Northern hemisphere. For most, the darkness of the season hasn’t yet given way to the lightness of spring. It’s a time when the newness of January’s New Year’s resolutions may have worn thin. It’s also the month for Valentine’s Day; a time when […]