I have been writing and speaking about transformational leadership for quite some time. In the next month I will be unveiling my new website and will be sharing more about my view on the future of leadership. We are moving away from solitary leadership and moving towards collaborative leadership. This concept can often confuse leaders [...]
Whether you are a leader of a team or not – everyone has a leader within. I just presented a keynote for Duke-NUS in Singapore on this very topic. In the presentation I covered the three elements of leveraging the leader within. They are: 1. Developing higher self awareness 2. Developing leadership skills 3. Leveraging [...]
Master leaders know that they must create the future from the choices and behaviors of the present. In today’s fast paced and increasingly technological workplace the need for leaders to lead change is higher than ever before. Teams are more diverse than ever before with multiple generations, multiple cultures and other factors. Leaders today need [...]
The many focuses and projects of a leader can be overwhelming. Often we can feel as if we are not making much headway with the many priorities we have. We may be focused on project outcomes, priorities that our boss has mandated and other tasks. In addition we may be challenged with the varying levels [...]
Everyone is a leader and even though you may not have leadership position or authority you do have the ability to influence like a leader. In today’s workplace where everything is moving faster than ever before and tasks and projects are on tight deadlines, everyone needs to have an attitude of ‘taking the lead’. So [...]
There are three trends that are not going away in regards to leadership. As a leader we can continue to deny the need to adapt to these trends or we can look at ways we can take advantage of these trends to help us be better leaders and more successful business owners. The three trends [...]
As a leadership consultant one of my mantras to CEO’s and leaders is “coach to performance”. Last Friday I was the guest speaker at a CEO Forum, in the room there were CEO’s from the forest industry, restaurant industry, cooperative agriculture industry, technology industry and more. I was invited to facilitate a dialogue about people [...]
You have probably heard that its the quality of the questions that determine the quality of a leader. In my coaching and consulting of CEO’s and senior leaders we will often work together to discover that the solution to a specific situation is always found in asking new and different questions. For example I had [...]
A few weeks ago I went to see the movie Lincoln- I wanted to experience the movie by myself and in a movie theater so that I could totally immerse myself in the leadership lessons from this legendary American President. There were many lessons but the primary three that stood out for me are: 1. [...]
The biggest challenge for an organization is keeping its top talent. Times are changing and so are the attitudes of today’s worker. Here are the top 10 employee retention strategies: 1 Leadership skill development from the top down. People don’t leave their jobs. They leave their leaders, which is why ongoing leadership skill development is crucial. [...]
