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10 Goals for the Boss as Coach by Michael J. Coffey, MA
This week's post was written by my friend and Center for Executive Excellence Senior Executive Consultant, Michael Coffey. Michael actually trained me in how to be a more effective leader before Center for Executive Excellence was founded. There are few people who I trust...
3 Reasons Why You Should Procrastinate
We’ve all been there. A project you committed to is due tomorrow. You know that, with concentrated effort, you could knock it out in a couple hours. Yet, somehow you manage to put it off. Instead, you fill the time with busy work, things that could easily wait until next...
Triggered? Rewire Your Brain in 3 Easy Steps
Power causes brain damage. If you’ve ever had a former friend get promoted then develop a case of colleague amnesia, you know this to be true. Or, if you saw the sorry, not sorry, congressional hearing of now-former Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf for failing to stop some...
Stone Brewing: A Case Study in Culture and Values Alignment
When you think of your company’s values, what comes to mind? Do they serve as guideposts for how your team behaves and makes business decisions? Are they feel good words posted on your About Us website page? Or worse, is your organization’s behavior so misaligned with your...
From Fathership to Leadership
The idea for this post came to me a few months ago during an executive coaching session with a client. I saved it until today, because it makes a nice preamble to Father’s Day coming up this weekend. During our discussion about becoming a better leader, my client reflected...
Are You Ready to Hand Over Your Leadership Keys?
Picture this. A father had three children. When his oldest child, a daughter, turned 12, he took her with him to the auto dealership. He told her, “I want you to pick out the car that you think I should buy.” Puzzled, his daughter looked at her father and asked, “Why me,...
6 Leadership Books to Add to Your Summer Reading List
Looking for some titles to add to your reading list this summer? We’ve gathered our own top picks and included some that our readers have found life changing. Here are six titles we recommend that you pack along with your picnic basket. 1. Powerful: Building a...
7 Leadership Virtues That Transcend Best Practices By Dr. Tony Baron
Over the past 10 years, I have been honored to explore and debate the essence of power with Dr. Tony Baron. Specifically, how power impacts leadership, how leadership impacts culture, and, ultimately, how culture impacts performance. With a double doctorate in psychology...
7 Top Takeaways from the 2018 Re:Imagine Leadership Summit
You know that feeling of dread you get when you’ve planned a big party, and you start to worry that no one is coming? That’s a feeling we get every year when planning our Re:Imagine Leadership Summit. This year was no exception. But, I’m happy to report that we packed the...
The 4 Must Have Pieces of the Engagement Puzzle
In the past, business success was all about size. Today, it’s all about speed. But with speed, comes change, and change, as we know, creates fear. People don’t like change because it’s disruptive. Employees begin to disengage as they struggle to define where they fit in or...
Are you addicted to stress?
“On the morning of April 7, 2007, I was lying on the floor of my home office in a pool of blood. On my way down, my head had hit the corner of my desk, cutting my eye and breaking my cheekbone. I had collapsed from exhaustion and lack of sleep.” Those are the opening words...
My Top 6 Takeaways from the 2018 San Diego Women’s Week Leadership Conference
Last week, I attended the Women’s Week Leadership Conference in San Diego. The annual conference caps off a week of events sponsored by the North San Diego Business Chamber designed to inspire, empower and connect women of all ages and professions in honor of Women’s...