Habits of successful leaders can be punctuated with a question mark! Excellence is not an act but a habit that we repeatedly do.”   – Aristotle. In conducting over 100 interviews of highly successful leaders in multiple disciplines, I learned that exceptional leaders know what questions to ask and when to ask them. MORE >>

I was working with a couple of clients this week helping them think through a big meeting next month for their team. The usual suspects showed up: What outcomes do we want? Why are we having it? Do we really need to have it? How can it be as meaningful as possible? How much time do we have? Who needs to be there? You know… that stuff. Magic. MORE >>

Posted in Career Development Leadership Coaching Leadership Development Value Creation Workplace Issues A surprising number of organizations still deliver once-a-year performance appraisals without providing much interim feedback. Have you considered the dangers of this approach? MORE >>

Sitting in a hotel lobby in Baltimore Maryland in month two of a three month partner program with Project Ascent , coaching and facilitating a team building and leadership process for managers and supervisors at McCormick Spice …. took some time to reflect upon the day. Sounds like you made some progress, how did you manage that? MORE >>

This week has been a blur of promotions for the Lance Armstrong interview and I’ve begun to wonder, how do you protect the image of your company when your company is you? There is an old adage that says ‘you are the company you keep’, but in this increasingly global marketplace how realistic is that? Do you have a plan?  MORE >>