How to Win with Pattern Recognition
How often do you stop what you’re doing to step back, pull up and look at the patterns of what’s going on in your environment, and ask questions like what’s working, what’s not, and what’s next? The...
View ArticleAre You Improving Upon the Silence?
One of the most powerful quotes I’ve ever read has stuck with me for years. It’s from Robert Greenleaf in his book, Servant Leadership, where he wrote, “The most difficult question to ask oneself is,...
View ArticleChange at the Top: How to Succeed with a New Boss
Lately, it’s felt like “I’ve got a new boss,” season in the coaching conversations I have with executives. I’ve had several of them in the past few months and there are some patterns I’ve noticed in...
View ArticleFrom Yearly Goals to a Decade of Purposeful Growth
As the new year begins, most of us have goals or resolutions for 2024, but how many of us are working on a 10-year plan? For my first post of 2024, I want to share with you how I intend to transform...
View ArticleTen Questions to Keep You on Track This Year
This is the time of the year when I spend a day with my C-suite clients to give them some space to get up on the balcony to consider what success will look like 12 months from now and what they and...
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Five Ways for Leaders to Get Out of Chronic Fight or Flight
In a phone conversation with a senior executive last week, he greeted me by exclaiming, “Happy January 39th!” He’s not the only one that feels like the beginning of 2024 has been overstuffed with...
View ArticleHow to Develop a Great Strategic Leadership Offsite Agenda
Over the course of this year, I’m going to develop the agendas and facilitate around a dozen strategic offsites for C-Suite executives and their senior leadership teams. Most of these will be day-long...
View ArticleRemembering a Loyal and Loving Leader
The picture that accompanies this post will forever be my reminder that life is about savoring the moment. It was taken just shy of three months ago during the first Christmas we spent in our new home...
View ArticleProgress Comes Incrementally Then Suddenly
The picture that accompanies this post was taken this morning, Thursday, April 4, 2024. It’s the photographic record of my fourth annual birthday handstand. So, this is me at age 63. My yoga teachers...
View ArticleFive Ways to Build Your Strategic Muscles
One of the constants in my more than two decades of executive coaching is the desire and need to build the muscles required to develop and execute competitive and innovative strategies. It came up...
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