I’ll bet the greatest obstacle you have to overcome is…yourself. The hardest person you will ever lead is you and you alone. American writer Carl Sandberg once said, “There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud” I think we can […]
It’s said that one day, Frederick the Great of Prussia was walking on the outskirts of Berlin when he encountered a very old man walking ramrod-straight in the opposite direction. “Who are you?” Frederick asked his subject. “I am a king,” replied the old man. “A king!” laughed Frederick. “Over what kingdom do you reign?” […]
Communicating accountability is one of the hardest things to navigate. How many times have you said something to someone hoping to be constructive, but then it backfire when you did? Or how many times have you wanted to say something but never did because you were afraid of the backlash? This happens with spouses, kids, bosses, […]
A great leader is a great follower. In fact, you can’t become a great leader unless you learn to be a great follower first. Merle Crowell, an American author who spent a great deal of time with John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and many other successful leaders said, “It is the men behind who make the man ahead.” […]
I am so excited to let you know that my new book LEADOLOGY: 12 Ideas To Level Up Your Leadership is available as a Softback, Hardback, eBook, and Audio Book. Let me give you a sample… The 12 ideas in this book will bring your leadership performance to a higher level. Oliver Wendell Holmes said, […]
I have bad news for you…you are filled with excuses. That’s right…SO many excuses that you don’t even know it. In fact, the average person makes excuses all throughout the day…everyday. We are excuse filled people, always conjuring up a reason why we can’t do something. Wether it’s not wanting to exercise, eat right, study, […]
I have always loved and tried to live by this motto: Live as though you’ll die tomorrow, learn as though you’ll live forever. The most successful people live in the balance of these two truths. One maximizes today, the other maximizes the future. The secret to a great life is to live fully today, yet […]
Being that we just celebrated Thanksgiving here in the states it is fitting that we talk about a leadership thanksgiving. The more a leader can be thankful to his/her people the greater the success. Leaders need to express gratitude in 3 distinct ways: verbally, visually, and valiantly. Verbally There is a powerful force that comes […]
I recently read a great book called “Presence” written by Harvard Physocolgist & TED Talk star Amy Cuddy. My wife and I had watched her TED talk on “Your body language shapes who you are” a few years ago and were greatly impacted by it. In fact, we still do power posses every now and then (you have […]
Everyone has problems. No one is immune from having difficulty in life. Though we strive to live a problem-free life we will never truly attain it. And if you do…you aren’t truly living anyway. We know we’re growing when we have problems. Problem-free living is actually a bigger problem that not having problems. You see, the bigger the […]