I am spending some time on an island with my extended family and yesterday when I made my daily Dunkin’ Donuts run I ordered a coffee for my mom: a small coffee with skim milk. They accidentally put sugar in it and unfortunately I didn’t know this until I got home and my mom exclaimed, […]
Last week I had the pleasure of coaching a group of young, rising stars at one of Chicago’s largest companies as part of the Magnetic Leadership Program. It’s work I adore and wish I could do more of because I know it makes a difference and provides valuable insight for high-potential leaders to accelerate their success. I was honored to have the […]
A few weeks ago I began offering my readers the opportunity to sign up for my new eNewsletter. I set up the process in such a way that when readers subscribe they receive a “thank you” email from me along with a question about what their biggest leadership challenge is. The responses have been eye-opening and […]
Typically undeterred from taking on a tough challenge, this week’s Leadership Chat on Twitter will focus on something we’ve all struggled with at one time or another: what to do when your boss needs help as a leader. This isn’t an easy topic because it has so many layers: Simply by feeling this way you’re […]
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 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. […]
By Lisa Petrilli Originally written for Blue Focus Marketing and republished here for my readers… Everything communicates. Gary Grates, President and Global Managing Director of Edelman’s Change and Employee Engagement Group, reminded the CEOs who were gathered for this month’s CEO Connection Boot Camp of this fact. We’ve all heard it before but it bears repeating and it […]
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 […]
Last evening’s #LeadershipChat was, without a doubt, one of our most active chats to date, with insights and brilliant thoughts about the importance – and impact – of passion in leadership flying fast and furious. As I said in one of my tweets last evening, I absolutely adore the #LeadershipChat community that has formed and that continues […]
By Lisa Petrilli The picture you see is one I took personally on the Antietam Battlefield. The Battle of Antietam was fought on September 17, 1862 near Sharpsburg, Maryland and, according to Wikipedia, it was the first major battle of the Civil War to take place on Northern soil and was the bloodiest single-day battle in […]