“If you want to see a direct relationship between increased trust and improved bottom line, The Leadership Trust® has an intellectual property like a fool-proof recipe. I could actually experience a profound change within each of my team members and thus my senior management team, which ultimately created a culture change, the latter of which […]
My dissertation was on mate selection, and before you say, “I get it,” and move on, there is an interesting twist most people do not consider. But first, the ho-hum acknowledgement is that the underpinnings to successful marriages and unions share some strong overlap with the makings of successful leadership. So want to know what […]
Have you ever wished you could have your fellow teammates – or one in particular – measured for trustworthiness? Have you ever wondered how people perceive YOU within the context of trustworthiness? First of all, “TAP” into this list of 12 Trust Alliance Principles formulated by our nation’s top proponents of corporate trust through Trust […]
Recently I received an invitation from a man to connect with his adult child on LinkedIn. He went on to underscore the value of networking. While I agree that this can be useful, this could also be putting the cart before the horse. Think about it. Networking is all about exposure. But what is getting […]
At first blush (and blushing), love and leadership are not strange bedfellows. My dissertation for my first doctorate was on mate selection. Within a decade, Harvard School of Business was promoting a new flavor of leadership, using words like intimacy, lovingness and compassion. I can already hear the grumbling from you no-nonsense types who espouse […]
Want to Improve your Parenting? Seek Out This Approach to Leadership Training
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Before Murdoch purchased the Wall Street Journal, the Journal engaged in a rigorous selection process to identify the best MBA programs in the world. IMD of Switzerland was known to take 1st and 2nd places on a consistent basis. Why? Their approach to leadership development produced not just great managers, but even greater leaders. Their […]
So often we ponder why people do the things they do. We want to know and understand the triggers. In this way we perhaps can help disenable whatever those unproductive behaviors. At first blush most people see drama queens and kings as troublemakers creating unnecessary drama through indirect and/or dysfunctional communication. From the perspective of […]
We’re doing some major renovations in our office kitchen and bathroom areas and have some self-awareness reflections to share regarding customer service. Labor includes electricians, plumbers, and skilled labor, which means, most importantly, a project manager to coordinate all this. Our own clients know that self-awareness is really other-awareness, and we find that those who […]
Michael Phelps and Chad le Clos: Leadership and the Art of Winning and Losing Graciously
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The other day I watched “Michael Phelps equal the record for medals won by an Olympic athlete when he claimed silver in the final of the 200m butterfly as Chad le Clos of South Africa took victory with the final stroke.” But what I observed next was perhaps a stunned Phelps seemingly snub the friendly attempt […]
On November 17, 2011 I found myself trapped in my car after a driver lost control of her car in a 70 MPH zone on I-40 and crossed over the median hitting the driver in front of me, whereupon both vehicles hit me at full impact. Coming to a screeching halt within nanoseconds of the […]