Last week I experienced a very difficult, watershed day. It was the kind of day where you experience just about every emotion known to man and wish desperately that you had the power to turn back the clock. The truth is, I’ll be “going through it” – the pain and reality of it – for […]
Have you ever led “from the outside?” It’s a common occurrence; a family-owned company realizes it’s time to bring in new leadership blood – literally – or a corporation hires a new leader from the outside. As the new leader you come to the table with a valued set of experiences and skills. But the […]
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 […]
Yes, I realize I am a slow-adopter when it comes to technology. I took my first GPS-aided road trip this past weekend and the device literally drove me mad. I believe it was through this experience that I came to realize why the topic of Visionary Leadership is such a passion of mine: I simply […]
Margie Clayman, my fellow blogger and Twitter friend who I have come to respect tremendously, mentioned in her response to my post earlier this week entitled, “Leadership Development: Mastering the Powerful Art of Praise,” that how we accept praise as leaders is worth close examination. I couldn’t agree with her more. How we accept praise […]
We’ve all experienced the power of praise in our careers. It has the ability to transform our perspective on our company, our role, our team and even our leadership mission. In my own experience, praise well-delivered has helped assure me I am on the right path in a variety of important ways. It has empowered […]
At one of our recent CEO Connection Boot Camps a bit of a debate ignited over the topic of trust in leadership: is it given or is it earned? Some of the executives felt, “clearly, trust is earned.” One CEO in particular felt very strongly that it is given by choice. He went on to […]
I wrote a post a few months ago entitled, “The Number One Thing CEOs Wish They’d Done Differently.” In that post I talked about how invariably when CEOs are asked, “What’s the one thing you wish you’d done differently when you took your role” they say, “I wish I’d moved faster on talent decisions.” You […]
I rarely, if ever, talk about religion on this blog, largely because I’ve never felt compelled to do so but also because I have so much respect for all religions and wouldn’t want to make anyone uncomfortable. But there was something that Fr. Fragomeni said today at the exquisite, Italian Catholic church I attend that […]
As my long-time readers know, visionary leadership is a passion of mine. I’m often looking for great examples of leaders with true vision, who understood the critical importance of vision and who were brilliant communicators of vision, to share with my c-level clients. Often times I meet with leaders who simply do not understand the […]