Reawakening the Nobility of Service
In his newest book on innovative service, bestselling author Chip R. Bell focuses on the importance of delivering the “core” of a service experience in a fashion that is value-unique, not just value-added.
How to Measure Fun
Jack Quarles is a natural encourager who loves to help business leaders achieve more success. His newest book, Expensive Sentences, exposes the clichéd wisdom that often leads to lost time, money, and opportunity with humor, empathy, and clarity.
5 Ideas to Help You Cultivate Leadership
The ultimate sign of an effective leader is that they are cultivating leadership in others. Sometimes this happens naturally. Yet, more often than not, if you want to cultivate leadership, you need to be intentional.
What Stand Will You Take for You?
Leaders are those who choose to take a stand for a better future. When a leader witnesses a wrong, they are the ones who naturally feel compelled to set things right.
A Holiday Season Full of Moments That Matter
What will you say no to these next few weeks, so you can say yes to the things that really matter?
How to Find a Mentor
Mentors come in many forms in our lives. They can be a teacher, a coach, a volunteer, a boss, a professional colleague, a neighbor, or even simply someone you meet unexpectedly who chooses to invest themselves in your future.
How to Overcome the Tyranny of Your To Do List
Do you sometimes feel like your to do list is managing you rather than the other way around?
6 Ways to Establish Your Credibility as a Leader
Paul Larsen — top executive coach, business consultant, and author — believes that no matter your background or experience, you can learn to be an effective and powerful leader.
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I Choose To Honor You
I find myself feeling an alarming sense of anxiety and distress from the 2016 US election conversation. Sadly, I know I am not alone.
Five Steps to Breaking the Drama Triangle
Michael Bungay Stanier is a coach and best-selling author whose passion is coaching organizations toward doing Great Work, instead of just good work. Here he shares some thoughts on improving communication and interaction with others, which can help all of us do more great work, no matter what our roles or job titles may be.
Why You Should Stop Tolerating the Gnats
It was like a gnat that flies around your head: you swat it away and it disappears for a while, yet it always seems to return.
The Key to Being Resilient
To understand what it really means to be resilient, it is helpful to consider resiliency juxtaposed with what it is not. Resiliency is being flexible vs. rigid, changeable vs. fixed, and malleable vs. hard.
3 Keys to Making a Difference When You Speak Up
Communication can be messy and unpredictable — which is why speaking up about things that really matter to you often takes courage.
What the Marriage Experts Can Teach Us About Effective Leadership
“There are many reasons why relationships fail, but if you look at what drives the deterioration of many relationships, it’s often a breakdown of kindness.”
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Leading Made Simple™ for Entrepreneurs
Recently I had the pleasure of being interviewed by the dynamic, smart, and warm Olivia Lee on her new radio show called The Power of WE.