There is always a great benefit to the 365-day calendar – the fact that it restarts at January 1, without fail. It’s an annual window of opportunity for recycling, renewal, rebirth, rejuvenation, rejiggering, retooling, rebooting, and whatever other “re-something” you can think of. How can we do this? With gusto. Lead Well! MORE >>

We don’t get too many opportunities to pause and reflect on how we define ourselves as leaders, and then, more importantly, how that ultimately gets communicated to those we lead.   We can either consciously or subconsciously develop a vocabulary that sets the tone, plants the flag, and serves as guideposts for our teammates. Accountability. MORE >>

For many leaders out there (myself included), sometimes there just aren’t enough hours in a day. Work piles up, deadlines loom, milestones are passing, folks are tugging at you from all different directions- and guess what suffers. Our leadership. use sticky notes, and a pen. Yep, those little yellow pieces of paper that stick to everything.  MORE >>

…Then Hold Themselves Accountable To. Trust.  Credibility. Every leader wants these things, because if they can get them, it sets the stage for extraordinary achievement.   If they cannot, it almost always leads to middling mediocrity or outright failure. Here are the four principles: “I will always tell the truth&#. Easy enough, right?  MORE >>

In today’s ultra-competitive businesses, one of the most challenging things for middle and upper level leaders is to get leadership lessons across quickly and effectively to front line supervisors, especially while they are in the thick of their hectic day to day activities. What to do? Doing second things first only delays real progress. MORE >>