Leadership can be defined as the process of influencing others. It is about moving people emotionally, it is about gaining an understanding and agreement about what needs to be done and how to do it effectively. It is about facilitating efforts to accomplish the shared objectives, but it is also about more than that. It […]

How important is communication? Very important you say. Here are some better questions; do you watch the words or phrases you use? Are you aware of the words and phrases you use and the order in which you use them? Maybe? Sometimes? How about in the heat of the moment? Let’s look at a couple […]

As I watch the coverage of the bomb blasts at the Boston Marathon, it struck me as surreal. I have been right where the bombs detonated hundreds of times in fact as late as this past Saturday. We went to watch them set up Copley Square for the race. As I am watching the coverage, […]

Whether you are working inside for an organization or on your own there are three areas that you will need to focus on in order to be wildly successful or at least have a better chance of success. Let me put it this way if you don’t have all three of these at some level, […]

No really I mean it! How much money are you spending (wasting) on training and what kind of results are you getting for it? I would guess in a lot of cases you probably are breaking even or getting something, even an intangible, like managers feeling good about themselves that they offered a program. What […]