What’s More Important: Discipline or Intentionality?

I am sure I am not the only who wakes up in the middle of the night thinking. In a groggy, 2 a.m. state of mind, it is a struggle to grasp coherent thoughts, and usually around the time I should be getting up, things begin to coalesce and…

Dominator or Liberator: What Kind of Leader Are You?

If you share the room with a dominator, you know it. How, you may ask? When this person takes the head of the table they take all the energy, while others around them grow dim. This style of leadership is trending quite alive within the…

3 Words to Transform How You Communicate with Your Team

I’ve worked with a number of future/vision-oriented leaders over the years. As a like-minded leader, the thrill of thinking about the future and dreaming about where we are going and how we’ll get there can be exhilarating at times! I…

The Five Benefits of Workplace Levity

I discovered something quite interesting while on my morning run the other day. I was listening to a podcast talk that turned incredibly funny. My discovery? It is impossible to run at pace while laughing. While I don’t yet have anything from science to back up…

A Model for Transformational Leadership

Are you experiencing high talent turnover and struggling to match performance with your competition? How would you describe your organization’s overall health?

a) 100% healthy?

Maximizing Leadership Energy

What is your most precious and personal asset as a leader? As I toss this out in various circles, I often hear the response, “time.” While the majority of you may concur and find the clock to be your nemesis, I would argue individuals and teams can manage time well and still…

The Most Neglected Skill of Visionaries (and How to Fix It)

Are you a visionary? I’m not talking about being a dreamer with aspirations that don’t move out of your head, but rather a visionary whose dream has legs on it. Visionaries have an unusual capacity to see what is not and begin…

9 Leadership Lessons From the Game Of Baseball

April is not my favorite month of the year but, it does include one of my favorite days of the year. Say hey… it is Opening Day! My love of baseball has been at the center of life since I was tall enough to reach the t-ball stand. Today, we…

Are you strange, or authentic? Why leaders need to be real.

Current leadership literature is rife with ink spilled on authenticity. This authenticity concept always brings certain questions to mind: First, do we really know who we are? Second, if we really knew ourselves, then why would…