Based on the Discretionary Effort Engagement Leadership Model Who knew 2020 would be a year of upheaval, turmoil, and disruption? When I made my goals for 2020 in December of…
... Accept Them As Is “People will forget what you said, forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou Your employees…
Despite years of experience managing a wide range of challenges, nothing has prepared any of us for the circumstances of this moment in time. Without a playbook to reference, you…
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Knowing how to set goals, and knowing how to set goals that are reachable but not TOO easy is a skill... Realistic and boundary-stretching goals are best.
Every company has tangible assets including their capital goods and their product inventories. Inadvertently managers can be focused on these tangible assets, while charismatic leaders focus their attention on the…
Speaker and author Barry Spilchuk writes that he has never met Pete Rose, the famous baseball player, but he taught Barry something so valuable that it changed his life. Pete…
Gratitude Challenge: Thank at least one person every day for 21 days. It had been a particularly hard week. I don’t remember the details of my problems (you seldom do) but…
When it comes to communication skills, the Greek Stoic philosopher, Epictetus, gave us this advice: “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much…
Charismatic Leaders Understand the Qualities of Diamonds In an interview, comedian Joan Rivers was asked how she stayed so thin and trim and the interviewer said, “Do you do a…