Create sacred space as a way of honoring yourself and others
Sacred: devoted exclusively to one service or use (as of a person or purpose); entitled to reverence and respect (excerpted from Merriam-Webster dictionary). As...
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Sacred: devoted exclusively to one service or use (as of a person or purpose); entitled to reverence and respect (excerpted from Merriam-Webster dictionary). As...
Marta Wilson, CEO of Transformation Systems, is the author of “Everybody’s Business: Engaging Your Total Enterprise to Boost Quality, Speed, Savings and Innovation,” her...
It seems everyone is talking about having passion about the work they do these days. Having (or finding) passion seems especially important for leaders...
You know volunteering is good for the community. But can volunteering make you a better leader? Lots of leaders volunteer. According to the Department of...
What is it like to live in your organization’s culture? Is it a safe, inspiring work environment that demonstrates trust and respect for employees...
If you somehow missed it, a media frenzy erupted after Yahoo announced that it will bring telecommuters home to the office. Much of the...
Be honest. If you had a gas or water leak, you’d fix it. If an investment was draining your portfolio, you’d sell. So, why...
As a manager or business owner, it’s easy to become mired in day-to-day minutiae, but don’t forget about your employees! To ensure your staff...
When I ask senior leaders how they spend their time in their work environment, they report three things more frequently than any other activities....
Is your organization built on a culture of trust? Look around you; there are plenty of clues as to whether trust abounds. How quickly...
I’ve opened a few recent workshops using electronic polling applications. (If you’re not familiar with the technology, it might be worth a look.) I...
It’s just a trivial part of speech, just an “a,” no big deal. But it is! How often do we combine the words “justice”...
If you’re a man leading people in your company, chances are that you feel somewhat stymied in how to address one of the biggest...
For decades, management science has concerned itself with researching and developing sophisticated systems for understanding and unleashing employee motivation. In organizations, we’ve experimented with...
“Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.”...
Mentoring can be a difficult relationship to navigate for both mentors and mentees, but there are several steps that participants can take to ensure...
A.G. Lafley will be taking the helm once again as CEO of consumer-products giant Procter & Gamble. He retired from the company four years...
Today’s working environment is global in scope, rife with uncertainty and lacking in long-term guarantees. In such a setting, company culture has been emphasized,...
I’m a pushover for flowers, filling the house with plenty of them as long as the things we’ve planted around our yard keep blooming....
The human capital development strategy of mentorship is getting a lot of attention these days. From books to boardrooms, everyone is trying to crack...
My second son just graduated high school and heads off to Virginia Tech next fall. He’s the last one out of the nest, and...
What are leaders for anyway? Half the time we’re disappointed in them, dismayed by their character flaws, disturbed by the mistakes they make and...
A senior business development manager who worked for Cisco Systems for 11 years contacted me for coaching. On the first coaching session, the client...
We all can recognize “born leaders” when we meet them, but most leaders are made. If you have employees who have the potential to...
The ability to influence others may be the most important thing leaders do. An organization I work with lists influence as one of its...
Speakers who stand behind a podium glued to the floor, reading from slides and addressing a less than enthusiastic audience are so last century....
How engaged are people where you work? According to business owner Kevin Kruse, author of Employee Engagement for Everyone, the essence of employee engagement...
Valuable in-demand leaders are what turn a company from good to great. An organization’s most important asset is its talented, high-performing employees. Companies that...
One question I hear from executives is this: How can I tell if people want to follow me? The answer to that question lies...
When my youngest son graduated high school this year, I celebrated with a blog post about what I’ve learned about leadership by being a...
For years, I laughed in the face of “woo-woo” stuff that the gurus of self-improvement have touted. Like many leaders, I tend to be...
Oh, what tangled webs we weave when we practice to deceive. How much more tangled when the people we deceive are ourselves? In the...
I was a bit of a renegade in my years in the corporate world. I saw things that needed to change, and I felt...
After Apple’s most recent highly publicized product unveiling, where two new models of the iPhone were announced, CEO Tim Cook was widely criticized in...
“Symbols can be so beautiful, sometimes.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut, “Breakfast of Champions” Sandra described the past week of headaches associated with a systems conversion...
I can’t believe I’m going to do this. I’m about to share my secret weapon for change communications. When I tell you my methods...
Mark Miller is vice president of organizational effectiveness for Chick-fil-A and the author of “The Heart of Leadership: Becoming a Leader People Want to...
It’s easy to be drawn into the rhythm of living and working day to day, doing what we need to do without giving it...
In the 1980s, MBWA was the rage. It involved the radical notion that leaders could drive better results by stepping out of their offices...
Let’s face it — it’s great to be the boss. You’re the one calling the shots, making sure everything stays on course; in the...
Vision! Steve Jobs had it. Walt Disney had it. George Washington — although less educated than either Thomas Jefferson or Ben Franklin — saw...
The end of the year typically brings holiday cheer with celebrations alongside family, friends and, often, colleagues. We humans connect with people we enjoy...