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Happy Thanksgiving
Wishing you an abundance of all good things and the time and space to pause and take them in.
Tolerating Uncertainty
Tonight is a special evening. I have the joy of hearing Ben Fountain read from his new book. Ben is one of the leaders featured…
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The Tyranny of the Daily
This week’s blog was more time consuming to write than usual. It’s not because there weren’t things to write, it’s because I hadn’t given them…
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Lessons from Construction
Working across industry allows me to see business best practices and challenges from different vantage points. It’s part of what clients value. And while every…
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The Coach Effect, Part 2
Many of you wrote to tell me that last week’s blog post on my yoga class resonated. And in this week’s class, something resonated with…
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The Coach Effect
I’ve returned to yoga after a hiatus of some time. There is a particular pose, “Firefly,” that has eluded me since I began taking classes…
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The Leadership Toolkit: Not What You Think
One of my clients, we’ll call him Jim, found himself promoted to the elevated leadership role of Vice President about this time last year at…
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The Difference Between a Bad Client and a Fantastic Client is You
One of my very best clients was one of the feistiest, brook-no-nonsense, show-me-what-you’re-gonna-do-for-me senior executive leaders that I’ve ever worked with. This person hired me…
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Do You Know My Name?
Earlier this week, I checked into the resort where I was speaking at a conference. I’m estimating that I spent all of five minutes at…
Hurricane Florence
I am helping with hurricane relief efforts this week, my regular blog will return next Thursday.
Listening is A lot. But It’s Not Enough.
In New York last week, I had the joy of listening to Emma Thompson and Ian McEwan discuss their collaboration on the upcoming movie, The…
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The Price of a Stretch
In yoga class, my teacher will sometimes ask us to pose and stand with outstretched arms. It’s quite simple. She’ll then ask if we can…
Confidence vs. Contempt
Contempt is: I am above you, separate. Confidence is: We are in this together, I know the way forward. Leadership is understanding the difference. …
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Deputies for Your Deputies
Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal reports that Uber has filled its CFO job, a spot that had been vacant for 3 years. The same article reports…
Setting the Bar
If you lead yourself well, you will find that leading others is less taxing, not because you’ll be spending less time developing your team, but…
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Delegating with Precision, Part 2
What to do when there is more work than minutes in a day and your external activities, those obligations that are not central to your…
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Delegating with Precision
I was talking with a client this morning who simply has more to do in a day (and night) than they can get done. This…
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Staying Tuned
One of the key themes that emerged from my conversations with leaders across all different domains for The Making Magnificence Project® (which continues, by the…
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You Need Walking Billboards
When my mechanic, David, tells me that my car needs new tires, or new anything, my response is always the same: I ask when I…
Selma
If you’ve heard me deliver a keynote on Magnificent Leadership®, then you’ve likely heard me express gratitude for the courage and generosity of the leaders…
Happy Fourth!
My regular blog will return next week.
Walking in Montepulciano
The dirt road that I walked in Italy last week was recommended by someone in town. Not heavily traveled, it would put me exactly where…
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Are You Rewarding Your Underperformers?
Or are you only rewarding the victorious? If your focus is on building more than a high performing team but, instead, an innovative, self-correcting team,™…
Are You Using Crisis?
There is an old debate about whether leaders are born rather than made. But what if it’s both, simultaneously? What if crisis births leaders and…
Are you elevating your leadership as your business grows?