I wrote a post recently about how I begin many of my introductory client conversations by asking the individual an illuminating leadership question, “What are you passionate about?” I have realized over time that it is much easier for many leaders to respond to this question than to begin by asking them what their leadership […]
Two hundred thirty-five years ago our Founding Fathers, having risked their lives over the course of many years creating a new nation, achieved their vision for our magnificent country…independence. No one defined the great risks they took through their visionary leadership more simply than Benjamin Franklin when he said, “We must hang together, gentlemen…else, we […]
In my recent post entitled, “Leadership Guiding Principles of a Successful CEO,” I shared with you how one very successful CEO makes the book, “Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times” required reading for every member of his Leadership Development Team. I’ve had this book on my bedside table for the past few months, […]
Next week will be the one-year anniversary of my foray into blogging. In some ways it seems hard to believe it’s been a whole year, in others it feels like the world has changed. To be honest, I didn’t know what to expect when I wrote my first blog post a year ago, I just […]
A year ago this week my Leadership Chat Co-Founder/Co-Host Steve Woodruff and I met at the SOBCon conference here in Chicago. Everyone who attends the conference knows that their career (and, in many ways, their life) will change dramatically over the next year because of the influence the people they meet will have on them […]
“The basic and seemingly paradoxical truth of GTY (Greater Than Yourself) is that truly great leaders in life,” said Charles Roland, “become so because they cause others to be greater than themselves.” The words sounded familiar. “Who said that?” I asked Charles. “Well, unless you’re a ventriloquist, I did,” he said mischievously. Thus begins chapter […]
The Anniversary: Four years ago today I awoke knowing that my life was about to be forever changed. I showered and made the hour and a half trek to the University of Chicago Medical Center in the wee hours of the morning. When I arrived in the pre-op waiting room, which I must say felt […]
It’s the first step in the Art of Moving Forward that may actually be the most difficult: letting go of what’s holding you back… I’ve mentioned in a few of my recent blog posts that I’ve gotten into the energizing pattern of of spending time early each morning, in front of my blazing fire place, […]
By Lisa Petrilli I’m starting to realize just how important it is for a leader to be comfortable with discomfort. Why? Because it’s in the discomfort of true transformational change that: we understand the depth of our humanity (and flaws) we move beyond our flaws to discover our real potential to soar we come to […]
So, let’s be honest, the last place you’d be likely to find me on a freezing cold, rain and wind-whipped afternoon in upstate South Carolina is in a deer stand out in the elements overlooking a gaggle of hunters shooting at sweet little birds with hunting dogs at their sides. And, if by some strange […]