What’s in Your Time Capsule?
Time capsules are fun to open. They provide a glimpse into the past and what life was like at a particular point in time. Some of the items can highlight …
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Leadership & Courageous Acts
It would be wonderful if leaders always knew how things would turn out or could predict the right decision every time. However, that dream is not reality. Leaders are constantly …
A Lesson from Covid
There have been a number of lessons from COVID, but the number one lesson we need to remember is that your team members are essential to your organization. Essential workers …
Balanced Leadership
As leaders there are three key areas we must balance to ensure that our organizations, teams, and culture will be healthy and productive. These three aspects of our work cannot …
From Another Point of View
When leaders look around it is easy to use our own paradigm or lens through which to see the world. In these moments, we are restricted in our own point …
Navigating your True North
On a compass there are the standard directions of North, South, East, West, but alongside each of these are degrees off from those directions. When someone speaks about navigating their …
Staying Connected
While leaders must keep their eyes on the goal and the future, there are key ways they must stay grounded. Keeping our feet on the ground includes such things as …
Thriving During A Crisis
Ask yourself, are you surviving or thriving? During a crisis many people try to figure out how to hold on to what they have. They try to maintain the current …
Humility and Respect – How Humble Are You?
In his book, “The Ideal Team Player”, Patrick Lencioni identifies humility as one of the three most important virtues any team player must possess. Humility does not sound very exciting, …
The Three I’s of Leadership
The first “I” is Influencing Others. Leaders influence others to make great decisions, move in successful directions, and to align with others to reach key goals. Influence is based on …