Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Three Things Global Executives Tell Me Always Work. We’ll start with one of my most popular posts from this year, The Ten Behaviors of Strong Personal Leadership. Then we’ll get some tactical tips for effective self-management with these three posts: How to Create Time in a Packed Schedule. How to Create Space to Think.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

I don’t minimize the impact of the pandemic on public health, the global economy, families and individuals. The pandemic perspective shift raises the question, why would I give all of that up to travel all the time when I can get so much good work done from home and still have a life in the process?

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MARCH 24, 2020

First, we moved to a new house and, second, a global pandemic started. You may not have moved to a new house recently but you’re definitely experiencing the global pandemic. Until about two weeks ago, I thought I had mine nailed then two things happened.

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MARCH 17, 2020

We’re living through an unprecedented time of a global public health crisis leading to what will likely be a global financial crisis. When I read Amy’s post, I was like, “Ah, ok I’m not the only one.”. Let’s be real. With all that’s going on, it can be really hard to be productive with our time and attention.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

His GPS (Global Public Square) show on Sunday afternoon is an oasis of civil and intelligent discussion on world events in a desert of. CNN’s Fareed Zakaria is one of the smartest people I don’t know. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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MAY 19, 2020

They don’t feel well supported in dealing with the long-term effects of their trauma and the surreal experience of suddenly becoming global celebrities for a brief moment in time. Sadly, it’s been widely reported and well documented that the miners and their families have not done so well in the years following their rescue.

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JUNE 4, 2015

Earlier today I was presenting a Leading Next Level Teams workshop to about 70 senior leaders in a global financial services company. It was a fun session made even more so by the use of a cool interactive technology called SpotMe where everyone could use special iPads to answer a few questions I was interested in.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In building go-to teams, Maureen Finn, Learning and Talent Development Executive for global pharmaceutical company Takeda focuses on where her focus should be: “For me, it’s a few essential ingredients: 1. Remember, It’s Not About You. In addition, make everything about them and not about me!”.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2015

The title of this post comes from a comment made at a global leadership team meeting I was facilitating earlier this year. The purpose of the meeting was to review 360 degree feedback on the team and its members.

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JULY 7, 2020

From a humanistic standpoint, positive relationships make life more fun, strengthen your immune system (kind of important during a global pandemic), and increase your life expectancy by reducing the likelihood of heart disease, cancer, strokes and Alzheimer’s. They’re essential to getting things done.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

One of the goals I had in writing the new edition was to bring more global leadership perspective to the book. In today’s world,  just about every team has some global “thems” to consider.  James is the founder of what is now the global consulting firm Capgemini. One of those executives was James Kelly.

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OCTOBER 26, 2015

He currently manages Facebook’s strategic partnerships with global influencers. In my latest post for Fast Company , I interviewed Craig Mullaney about how he learns from failure. Given his resume, Craig may seem to be an unlikely expert on the topic.

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Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

His GPS (Global Public Square) show on Sunday afternoon is an oasis of civil and intelligent discussion on world events in a desert of. CNN’s Fareed Zakaria is one of the smartest people I don’t know. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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JUNE 2, 2021

Seven years and a global pandemic later, burnout is an even hotter topic (pun only slightly intended). Everyone talks about it but no one does anything about it. I’ve been thinking and talking about burnout for a long-time. It’s one of the reasons I wrote my book, Overworked and Overwhelmed , back in 2014.

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MARCH 23, 2021

In this past year of a global pandemic, we’ve all become more aware of the need to manage not just our physical health but our mental, relational and spiritual health as well.

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MAY 4, 2021

As work has gone more and more global and 24/7, many professionals have ended up working in teams that are fluid, asynchronous and temporary. People come and go and drop in and drop out which leaves everyone feeling disconnected.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

If you take out the scary implications for the global economy, what’s happening between Germany and the rest of the Europe happens in organizations all the time. One or more parties make bad decisions that lead to bad outcomes while another party plays it by the book and is then asked to step in and fix everything.

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APRIL 21, 2020

With that in mind, here’s a simple framework for getting started with VUCA leadership that I came up with last year when I was working with a group of global general managers.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

And, in this year of dealing with the pressures and stress of leading from home during a global pandemic, that work has never felt more relevant to our clients. It’s since sold around 25,000 copies and has helped me really frame how the work of leading at your best depends on living at your best.

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DECEMBER 7, 2015

As a society and members of a global community, we also have to address the causes of radicalization. We’re behind the curve in dealing with the threat it poses and now have to address the downstream effects of that. As San Bernardino shows, though, more bombing won’t be enough.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

He appears to be one of the most mindful people on the global stage today. First, it seems like Pope Francis almost always shows up at his best. Whatever the situation or circumstance is, he seems to do or say just the right thing. He is usually exquisitely aware of what’s going on around him and, I suspect, inside of him.

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

  The group had flown in from around the world and the topic was how to lead at the next level.    The framing question for my work with executives is what do you pick up and what do you let go of to achieve the different results that are expected of you in a bigger job?

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

  While it takes its inspiration from the Global Positioning System, GPS in this case stands for Goals Planning System.   We use a planning tool we created together early in our marriage that we call the Life GPS®. 

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JANUARY 10, 2011

In an age in which almost anyone can immediately go global with their influence through the tools of social media, that’s likely more true than it’s ever been. Does the content and tenor of what leaders say and how they say it, have an impact on the level of civility and comity in our society? My answer is simple. Words matter.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

  In a fast paced 30 minute format (with brief Q&A following), I’ll share with you: Fresh insights from global executives on what it takes to succeed in today’s fast-paced, matrixed environment. Coachable Moments tips that hundreds of my clients have used to raise their leadership game.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

In the past ten years, we've had two major wars and a near meltdown of the global economy.  .  There weren't many people beyond intelligence agents who knew who Osama bin Laden was.   Who would have guessed any of that at the end of 2000?  Leadership is more complicated. 

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

  I've been in Florence this week to speak to newly promoted executives of a global energy company.  So, here's an example that any leader should be able to relate to when considering the opportunity to leave a legacy that lasts beyond one's time on earth. 

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Fresh insights from global executives on what it takes to succeed in a competitive marketplace. What’s New – Nineteen Coachable Moment sidebars that provide proven context specific coaching tips for improving leadership effectiveness.

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MARCH 31, 2017

Last week I delivered an interactive keynote presentation on “Preparing Yourself to Negotiate” to about 200 global managers and executives. One of the fun things about the session was the cool software we had that allowed the audience to use their phones to contribute to word clouds on my slide deck.

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