The Problem Of Marginless Living

In the past I have talked about the need to create margin in our lives.  Margin is the space that used to exist in all of our lives between all the physical, emotional and mental pressures of every day and our capacity to respond in a meaningful way to all Read more…

The Power of Gratitude

I was thinking again about Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff by Richard Carlson where he talked about his tendency to start thinking negative thoughts with all the bad news that is out there today.  I fight this as well, especially when you are going through a hard time personally or Read more…

The Fatal Flaw Of Executive Leadership

When you are evaluating any leader’s effectiveness you tend to look at two major categories that summarize everything else.  They are the character that defines the core values of the person and the competency or skill set that they bring to the position. Marshall Goldsmith is one of the top Read more…

Effective Leadership Must Be Courageous

A legend from India tells about a mouse who was terrified of cats until a magician agreed to transform him into a cat.   That resolved his fear until he met a dog, so the magician changed him into a dog.  The mouse-turned-cat-turned-dog was content until he met a tiger—so , Read more…

Leadership Demands Authenticity

There are many generational issues that have to be resolved between the Baby Boomer generation of existing leaders and the Next Generation workforce that is coming onto the scene.  The old positional power model of simply telling everyone what to do and they automatically follow with no desire for involvement Read more…

How To Have A Winning Attitude

Lou Holtz the famous football coach once said, “Ability is what you’re capable of doing, motivation determines what you do and attitude determines how well you do it.” We have heard all our lives how important a role our attitude plays in everything we do every day. In John Maxwell’s Read more…

The Power Of Momentum

There are very few things more difficult to deal with in your personal or professional life than a loss of momentum.  It can be brought on by some major tragedy or a series of small compromises over a very long period of time. Eventually we get to a place where Read more…

How Much Is Enough?

The one incredibly good thing about a down cycle is that it always forces us to separate what is important in life from what is not. This is a very opportune time for you to be incredibly honest with yourself and ask the hard question How Much Is Enough?   What Read more…