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Vacation: The True Sign of a Great Leader

As summer quickly comes to a close, I find myself reflecting on the many different leaders I have the privilege of coaching these days. One of whom actually took an extended 4-week vacation this summer, and another who worked her

Posted in business, Coaching, Executive Coaching, Leadership, people, Performance Improvement, success, Uncategorized, Vacation, Value Tagged with: , , , , , , ,

Putting the 70% Back into Learning & Development!

How often do your leadership and team development efforts stall out because you can’t settle on a day when everybody can get together for training? Or maybe you get stuck because your HR partner wants a full day of classroom

Posted in Development, Employee Development, employee engagement, Employee Morale, Empowerment, Executive Coach, Executive Coaching, Leadership, Learning Tagged with: , , , , ,

The 4 P’s Of Executive Gold

Eight years ago, I wrote a blog post entitled “The 4 P’s of Olympic Gold”. The article was inspired by Shaun White’s amazing Gold medal performance at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Anybody who watched the Men’s Halfpipe competition

Posted in Accomplishment, Accountability, Achievement, Action, Action Planning, business, Coaching, Executive Coaching, Innovation, success Tagged with: , , , , ,

Communication as the Foundation for Implementing Positive Changes

Have you ever wanted to change something only to realize that others don’t want to change?  Whether you’re trying to implement a simple process change with your direct team or transform your whole company, organizational change doesn’t just happen because

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Stop-Start-Continue Your Way to Success in 2016

We all know about making New Year’s Resolutions at the beginning of the year. Some of us even do it thinking that this will be the year those resolutions will magically turn into personal commitments we actually honor over time

Posted in Albert Einstein, Bert Lance, Commitment, Goals, habit, insanity, Intentions, New Year's Resolution, Personal commitment, Resolutions, Stop-Start-Continue, strategic intention, success Tagged with: , , , , ,

Plus Delta’s CEO Leads Succession Planning Workshop at Alliant International University

With 10,000 Baby Boomers reaching retirement age every day, succession planning has never been more important than in today’s multi-generational workforce. Unfortunately, there are not nearly enough GenX or Millennial leaders available to fill those shoes. In addition, those who

Posted in Baby Boomers, GenX, Milennials, Multigenerational workforce, Next-Generation Leader, NextGen Leader, Retirement, Succession, Succession Planning, Workshop Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

What I Had I Gave. What I Kept Was Lost Forever.

I’m a huge Foo Fighters fan. Have a signed picture of the guys on my family room wall, and can’t wait for their upcoming concert at the old Great Western Forum later this week here in Los Angeles. Well, I

Posted in Best, Canoes, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Motivation, Personal commitment, Summer camp, Teamwork Tagged with: , , , , , , ,

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