Your Ultimate Guide To Saying No

What separates great leaders from average ones is the ability to know what is really important from that which is not.  This is not easy because there are many good things to do out there just not that many great ones.  This Fast Company post by Micheal Grothaus is worth Read more…

Credibility The Foundation For Leadership

There are many leadership qualities that must be present in the leader if people are going to trust them to the point of following.  It is very important to be committed, competent and inspiring but without credibility especially today people will see you as a fake and be totally turned Read more…

Problems With The Boss

All of us have worked at some point in time for someone who at worst just could not get it done or at best was personality challenged.   We come into our jobs with the hope that we can be a part of the solution and yet there are times when Read more…

The Empty Chair

The empty chair represents someone who was in your life and no longer is.  The chair is a constant reminder of this painful reality.  For me it started when my mother died when I was only 6.  I would look at old pictures just to see her sitting at the Read more…

7 Things There Will Never Be Enough Time For

One of the biggest turning points in my leadership journey was when I saw Stephen Covey’s Time Management Matrix in 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.  Up until that point, I was almost 100% reactive and never thought about taking responsibility for things that were important but not urgent.  Carey Read more…

5 Character Tests That Every Great Leader Passes

When I started this leadership journey in corporate life competency was the ultimate factor in hiring and promoting leaders.  Your resume which showed your academic credentials as well as your experience trumped everything else.  Stephen Covey with 7 Habits broke new ground and shifted the conversation to character driven people. Read more…

The Attitude Shift For Success

One of the greatest challenges of leadership is the setting and meeting of expectations.  Perspective is the context around which all expectations are set.  If the glass is half empty then the bar will  be unnecessarily low and you won’t even  know why.  Kristopher Jones has an excellent post: “One Read more…

Breaking Financial Bondage

I just completed my first year where every week I posted to our budget with Quicken and did serious work on accomplishing our financial goals.  Oh I have done this for years before but never with the convictional motivation I had this year and it was incredible.  Mark Merrill helps Read more…