Pop quiz: Below are two ways to get one of your employees to do something challenging. Which is best? Option 1: Explain how your leadership priorities and/or vision has changed, then tell them to shift their actions to support your

What’s your system for maintaining your ability to perform at a high level, for many decades? HINT: the only “incorrect” answer is, “I don’t really have such a system.” Everyone is different. What works for me won’t necessarily work for

Some of the best CEOs I’ve ever worked with have days on which they do NOT do anything.  They just think. They step back and ask: what’s going on in my company today? What’s getting in our way? What does

That’s what I’ve observed makes the biggest difference. Better… —Relationships —Experiences —Growth —Impact In our culture, “more” tends to be the driver. The most aggressive among us tend to be spread so thin that coping with that reality becomes a

I recently met a man who was diagnosed with leukemia; his condition worsened as his treatment program proceeded. After much pain and suffering, he decided to question his diagnosis, only to learn that he does not have that disease. That’s

A leader truly in command of the situation has the strength, confidence and composure to say if a major initiative will take three years… and that there won’t be tangible signs of progress for, say, 12 to 15 months. In