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Right Speech: A Leaders Words Matter
Few things are more important that a leader’s words. A careless word can wound for a lifetime. An encouraging word might energize someone for a year. A badly timed reaction might cost someone their job, or a close relationship. As I’ve confessed in the past, I...
Vacations are not enough, daily and weekly recovery is essential
“A field that has rested produces a bountiful crop.” –Ovid I've shared a lot of research about how vacations are essential to keep you functioning optimally at work and home. But even when busy leaders take enough vacation, they often cram way too many working hours...
The Trial is My Teacher
“Accept whatever comes to you, woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?” –Marcus Aurelius Theodore Roosevelt was born with crippling asthma. As a child, even the slightest exertion would leave him bedridden for weeks. Then one...
All Great Thinking Begins With a Growth Mindset
“Failure is the opportunity to begin again, only this time more wisely.” –Henry Ford Regarding core principles of personal leadership, few things are more important than developing a strong mindset. Great leaders need endurance. They need hope. They need creativity....
Could Taking More Vacation Days Help You Get a Raise?
“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it…including you.” –Anne Lamott According to Greg Mckeown, bestselling author and winner of the Young Global Leader Award 2012, many driven leaders fall into a predictable pattern of workplace success: Work hard Get...
Are You Immune To Changing?
Today’s Big Idea: We all have a kind of emotional immune system that may be hidden from our awareness and preventing us from making changes we want to make in our lives. Today we will explore Harvard research that illuminates this habit we all have. In their book...
Stop Giving Advice and Pushing Your Agenda, Do This Instead (Motivational Interviewing)
Today’s Big Idea: Advice rarely works. In leadership, you need communication strategies that increase your odds that people will listen to what you have to say. This post will highlight research-based techniques you can begin using to influence those around you. I was...
