Category Archive: Leadership Development

Ugly Efficiency: Discover the Secret Power of Beauty

The benefit of beauty is joy.

Utility—by itself—is ugly. When you add beauty to efficiency, you build human organizations.

Ugly organizations are effective, efficient, and joyless.

Let yourself be joyful. Here’s how.

Say No: The Key to Freedom

You’re trapped if you can’t say no.

Someone else runs your life when you’re a people pleaser.

Saying yes creates obligations. Say no to find freedom to do what matters.

But remember a “don’t-want” life is running with sand in your shorts.

Discover strategies to say no.

5 Gratitude Strategies to Energize Your Team Today

Gratitude energizes.

Unspoken appreciation drains vitality.

Would positive energy improve your life? Your team?

Think of gratitude as pouring energy into others.

Discover five simple strategies to bring vitality to your team and yourself.

12 Secrets of Self-Management

Life requires management. Spontaneous living ends in disaster. Fulfillment follows intention.

Self-management is managing personal energy.

Read this post to discover 12 secrets to self-management.

What are you self-management strategies?

Stop Protecting Start Correcting: 4 Reasons Unnecessary Mistakes Persist

Elbert Hubbard was wrong when he wrote, “The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.”

The greatest mistake is the persistence of unnecessary mistakes.

Read this post to learn how to break destructive patters.

From Hubris to Intellectual Humility: Advantages for Modern Leaders

Intellectually humble leaders get better when things get harder.

Humility isn’t a feeling. It’s a way of seeing yourself.

This post explains the advantages of practicing intellectual humility.

Read this post if you want to thrive in leadership.