“You Matter. These two words can change your mood, change your mind, and have the power to change lives and the world if we understand and leverage them in the right way” ~ Angela Maiers TED Talk June 2011 I believe they can also change a company. When I Didn’t Matter A few years ago […]
If you haven’t had the pleasure of meeting Sarah Miller Caldicott, you’re in for a treat this Tuesday evening at Leadership Chat! Sarah is a great grandniece of Thomas Edison, an innovation author, and a professional trainer who guides organizations to ignite innovation. Sarah began researching and writing about Edison’s world-changing innovation methods after spending more than 15 […]
This week at Leadership Chat we’re going to be tackling a subject that affects all of us as leaders and individuals: stress. How does stress impact our ability to be sustainable leaders, long-haul leaders who inspire our teams with a vision and then motivate our teams to work earnestly to realize that vision? There is […]
There’s a role every single leader should play in 2012 if they genuinely want to lead highly productive, effective and successful teams during the course of the year – the Synergist. According to Les McKeown, author of the newly-published book The Synergist, the role of the Synergist is the single component that makes the difference between […]
You may call me an optimist, but when I give serious thought to what leadership will look like in the future I see a world full of people leading from within, for the higher good of themselves, each other, and the world at large. I say this having just participated in an hours-long interview with an […]
So many leaders lead without truly understanding their own philosophy on the art of leadership. Would you say this applies to you? If so, you will want to be sure to join me and Steve Woodruff for this week’s Leadership Chat as we welcome Mike Figliuolo, Founder and Managing Director of thoughtLeaders LLC and author […]
With more than 360 participants, more than 1 million people reached and nearly 7 million online impressions generated, this week’s Leadership Chat on “Leading with Feelings and Passion” was lively, to say the least! Thanks to the thought-provoking preparatory blog post entitled, “Control Your Feelings – Don’t Express Them” by Dan Rockwell, our Guest Host for the evening, […]
There are probably as many ways to answer this question as there are professionals on this planet. I say that because I believe that how we feel about our feelings, and about the expression of our feelings, has a lot to do with our childhoods, how we were raised, and he sum total of our life’s […]
A few weeks ago Steve Woodruff and I hosted a Leadership Chat focused on “Leading GenY,” with Guest Host Greg Hartle. In my preparatory interview with Greg, and throughout the Chat, the question, “What do Millennials really want?” was raised and answered by young leaders of today, as well as by those who are currently […]
There have been very few times when I have wanted to write about something that has moved me to my core, but have been unsure of how to even begin. This is one of those times. You see, I’m not quite sure how to convey to you just how deeply the new book, “Get It On!” by […]