Three Strategies to Accelerate Your Team’s Success

Many of you know that I have served on several non-profit boards including president of an international professional association. Earlier this month, I wrote an article titled Five Key Leadership Lessons I learned from Serving on Non-Profit Boards. The five lessons that were critical to a leader’s success included: have a vision; plan the work, […]

Improve Your Bottom Line Through Executive Coaching

If someone were to ask you whether or not you would consider working with an executive coach, would you feel insulted or exhilarated? Your answer will probably depend on a number of factors including the context in which the question is asked and your previous experience (or lack thereof) in working with an executive coach. […]

Choose Less Stress This Holiday Season

I pull up to the ATM, lower my window and can’t quite reach the slot for my debit card. Instead of unbuckling my seat belt, I reach—and then reach a tiny bit further. And that’s when I feel something pop down the right side of my body. I bet you’ve done this kind of thing […]

Polish Your Executive Presence by Projecting a Successful Image

What is executive presence and what does it have to do with you? Everything! Assuming, of course, that you want to be successful in your career, be influential in your company, and achieve your full potential as a leader. Whether you know it or not, you have already been sized up and assigned a rating […]

Seven Strategies for Inflating Your Success

When I ask people to describe characteristics of successful people, they often identify characteristics that they associate with others but not themselves. This never ceases to amaze me. In an informal Red Ladder poll, respondents indicated that the top two drivers for success were 1) having a strategic vision (87.5%) and 2) having written goals […]

Risk Taking Has Its Rewards!

People often tell me that they are amazed at how willing I am to take risks. For me, it’s less about the risk itself, and more about the opportunity and excitement it generates, which compels me to step out of my comfort zone time and again. How Do You View Risk? Most people I talk […]

Reframe Your Attitude and Create a More Positive Work Environment

I often think about something that my uncle once told me when I asked him if he minded getting older. He said, “Age is a state of mind over matter, if you don’t mind it then it doesn’t matter.” With each passing year I have come to appreciate the wisdom of this statement. I have […]

Here’s what I think about the 1-3-5 Method for Daily Planning

As a kid, I had a lot of adult responsibilities growing up in a single parent household. That’s when I started using a tiny spiral notebook to keep track of things I needed to get done each day. I was a teacher’s dream student as I used this process all through grade school, junior high […]