By Lisa Petrilli I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing the CEO of a near-billion dollar services company last week who has created a leadership development program lauded by major consulting firms as “the best ever seen” at a major company. He asked to remain anonymous but was more than happy to allow me to share 6 […]
By Lisa Petrilli I have worked with – and for – leaders who have led from love and several who don’t believe the word belongs in business. The difference is utterly remarkable. There are three truths of leading with the heart that crystallize when you’ve been blessed to work with someone who opens their heart to […]
February 10th by Lisa Petrilli Readers: This blog post originally appeared at LeadSwag as part of their Women’s Leadership Month series. I wanted to share it with each of you… ~ This is the 3rd post in the Women’s Leadership Month series, and I couldn’t be more honored to be a part of it! In […]
February 2, 2011 by Lisa Petrilli Last night’s #LeadershipChat on Twitter revolved around the topic of The Difficult Follower and how to lead them. Toward the end of the evening I asked the LeadershipChat community, “As leaders, what is the biggest challenge you face with your followers?” I found the answers insightful, refreshing in their honesty, surprising […]
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 […]
By Lisa Petrilli I was fortunate last week to have the opportunity to interview a customer of one of my clients – a business owner whose asset is his intellectual property and his process for using the IP to help his own clients succeed. I had a list of questions I wanted to ask him […]
By Lisa Petrilli Steve Woodruff and I were very purposeful about starting the New Year at #LeadershipChat with a deep dive into leadership and vision. You all know by now that understanding, creating and nurturing vision is a passion of mine and I was honored to get perspectives on the topic from such luminous individuals […]
By Lisa Petrilli You’ve created your vision for your business, career, and other aspects of your life in 2011 and can clearly see it playing out in your mind. If asked, you could clearly articulate it to others. You know how important this vision is to your success in all parts of your life and you’re […]
By Lisa Petrilli I have very strong opinions regarding the importance of vision in leadership, and if you’ve been reading my blog since its inception you’ll understand the depth of the truth in that statement. As you may know, my very first blog post – which published on May 18th of this year – was titled, “What […]
By Lisa Petrilli Last night Steve Woodruff and I hosted our weekly Tuesday #LeadershipChat on Twitter at 8:00 pm Eastern Time and chose to make it “Open Mic” night given it’s a holiday week. On “Open Mic” night anyone can come with a question, comment or challenge regarding leadership and the community “chats” about it. […]