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Step Out!
Enjoy the awesome photography and inspiring quotations like these from the "Make the Difference" chapter of The Nature of Excellence gift book: Having the world's best idea will do you no good unless you act on it. People who want milk shouldn't sit on a stool in the middle of a field in hopes that…
Quit Moving… and Be Still
Video of nTm1-Sh_DTo The blinding speed of today's information-saturated, time-deprived, hyper-competitive world forces us to run, run, run just to keep pace. Alarm! Snooze button. Alarm! Check phone for emails and texts. Shower. Check headlines. Check voice mail. Drive to office. Check email. Check schedule. Join global teleconference in progress. Reply to incoming text messages - and that's just the…
Igniting Passionate Performance
In today’s hyper-competitive market, traditional competitive factors like product design, technology and distribution channels are harder to sustain. Eighty percent of the U.S. gross domestic product comes from services and information which are created and delivered by people. So, your people – and the performance they deliver – are the defining competitive advantage for your organization.…
The Sound of Silence
Most people go to great lengths to avoid silence during conversations. They fill silence with anything, regardless of how meaningful (or meaningless). It is as if silence has its own gravitational force that pulls words from our mouths to prevent a single moment of silence. Of course, we have all experienced those three seconds of…
7 Ways to Show Your Appreciation
William James, the father of psychology, stated that the most fundamental psychological need is to be appreciated. We all want to feel fully appreciated for our work. The payoff for inspiring leaders is that people do more for those who appreciate them. Although leaders widely recognize the need for appreciation, it tends to be a…
Pay-Me-Now or Pay-Me-Later Coaching
When our son was 11 years old, he earned his junior black belt in karate. Of course, we were very proud of him, for he had come a very long way since his first lesson. We remember that lesson well. He was 7 years old, and one of the first things the master instructor taught…
20 Things Boys Can Do to Become Men
I absolutely loved to play basketball as a youngster (and still do!). My basketball hero was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. At 7'2" his sky hook was art in motion. He was not only a brilliant player on the court, but he is also brilliantly insightful. A few years ago Abdul-Jabbar shares 20 Things Boys Can Do to Become…
A Matter of Trust
Here is an excerpt from Leadership Matters. It contains 31 daily insights to inspire extraordinary results. day 28: Trust Trust is the basis for all successful leaders and all successful relationships for that matter. You cannot buy trust, but it is free. Trust is priceless yet can be earned over time. Have you ever tried to…
Ask Purposeful Questions to Boost Engagement
Plenty of books are filled with lists of questions, but asking questions without a clear objective is like playing the question lotto. Very occasionally you might get lucky and win, but most of the time you will come up empty-handed. That’s a loss for you and for your team member. There is rarely a…