Growing as a leader is a lifelong journey. Over the next nine weeks I will share tangible ways you can become a better leader. Each week I will share an excerpt from my ebook a
I walk my dog Dakota twice a day. In the morning we go out to the beach and if we are out there before 8 a.m. (when animal control starts to patrol the beach) I
As the new year starts many leaders want to engage their teams in strategy discussions and goal planning. In their zeal to get to the work of determining goals and writing action plans, leaders often
Born on New Year's day, 2017 represents not only the beginning of a new year, but the beginning of the next decade of my life. These past weeks have been filled with introspection and I started
Before forging the path ahead, it's important to pause and reflect on the past year. In a recent live Facebook video, I shared a simple method to help with this process. It starts with asking
December is not a time to wind down, it's time to kick your focus on being a better leader into high gear. As a holiday gift for you I have created a December Leadership Accelerator Calendar.
I facilitate hundreds of meetings every year. When I am in the role of the facilitator, I guide the participants through a series of steps that result in them creating their solution. I don't tell
People that cultivate a positive mind-set perform better in the face of challenge. Our general sense of well-being is malleable. The habits we cultivate, the way we interact with coworkers, how we think about stress
We all wear masks and not just on October 31st. There is the mask we wear for the world normally exposing only a small part of ourselves, and generally just the part we want you
In a Leadership Circle discussion about how the leader acts and behaves in a high performing team, participants shared what they experienced and came up with the following list. They lead by example and act
