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Courage + Humility
I was debriefing an engagement with a client that has gone exceptionally well and attributed it to two things: their courage and their humility.
Courage
Looking to Leapfrog?
One idea, applied, can change your whole year.
As can one conversation, one interaction, one insight, one illumination.
The leaders that I work with understand
French Bread
Like strategic leadership, is made of only a few ingredients.
Which makes their identification and execution critical.
Strategic Leadership, as I describe it to clients
If You are Not Managing Your Bench
You are subject to being held hostage by it.
That’s one of the things I’ll be talking about at next week’s Fusion Forum for
Vegas Rules
Apply.
That’s the foundational credo of the Executive Forum.
What’s said here, stays here.
And at tonight’s meeting, members brought challenges for input from the
How to Determine Your Next Move
From this morning’s webinar.
When you’re assessing what you want to do and where you want to go, the typical model asks, what are you:
Last Call
To register for tomorrow’s cost-free webinar on “3-Factor Authentication: How to Decide What You Want, Pursue the Right Opportunities, and Land Your Ideal Role or
Starbucks
Is Rethinking Almost Everything.
That’s the title of the article on the front page of today’s WSJ.
Interim CEO Charles Schultz has been on
Q4: Leading Forward
I, too, am wondering how September is arriving this week with the last quarter of the year on its heels.
I mean, whoa.
If you
Announcing a New Offering for Men
Shared experience is powerful.
In the early days of the pandemic, clients were struggling under the weight of all that they were carrying. And their
Registration is Open! October 5+6 LIVE in Raleigh
You will be hard-pressed to find a more open discussion about business challenges and creative solutions, a more welcoming group of peers, or a more
Gettttt Ready!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Doors open soon for registration for the Magnificent Leadership® Executive Forum’s LIVE Annual Event on October 5+6 in Raleigh.
You don’t
At a Career Crossroads? From Kicking Tires to Making a Move: September 14th Webinar
Join me on September 14th at 10am ET (note the date change from September 7th) for a 1 hour, cost-free webinar on making a career
Sunday Sketch
Of all things not business and leadership related.
Suggesting:
The following places in Boston/Cambridge as friends and clients are traveling:
20 Degrees of Separation
Last night’s rapidly fading light was the only thing between me and running farther than in a long time, remembering the perils of a rivulet-carved
That’s Fair
Is a common response I hear when debriefing 360 feedback with a leader who will use it to get even better.
And they do.
Make the Right Investment
In yourself and it should make things better, not busier.
If it doesn’t, if it only adds to your plate without being additive, it’s likely
When Communicating
With your people, use “we,” “our,” and “us,” almost exclusively rather than “I” and “my.”
Works as effectively in town halls as in email bulletins.
In Case You Missed It
He isn’t playing by the rules.
Because he wants to reinvent them.
It’s risky.
A big play.
With very big players in the middle who
What’s Your Coaching Philosophy?
This is a very good question.
And one that I didn’t have an answer to when asked by a prospective client.
Because I don’t really
Glen Tullman’s Transcarent: His Biggest Challenge Yet
Is also the most risky.
And we recently sat down in Chicago to talk about it.
Humility
Is not feigning modesty or pretending to know less than we do.
It’s not about dimming one’s accomplishments, shrinking.
Instead, it’s knowing how big and
Crispy, Part 2
If you missed this blog on executive burnout, it might be worth a peek.
Because over the course of four client conversations last week,
The Higher You Go
In an organization, the more critical your skills of influence and leadership.
This fall, there will be one opening in the Private Guidance
Are you elevating your leadership as your business grows?