A Failure at Kindness
Kindness, like most things, is easy until you get serious about it. I spent last week focused on kindness. It was a fiasco. It’s not that I’m unkind. You aren’t kind if all… Continue reading
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Six Seconds to Win
You can’t give 100% effort 100% of the time. College football games are won by giving maximum focus and effort six seconds at a time. I watched James Franklin, head coach of Penn… Continue reading
21 Ways Dumb Leaders Drain Everyone’s Energy
Sometimes success is about what you don’t do. 21 ways a leader drains everyone’s energy: Laugh with the inner circle. Frown with the fringe. Pound your own chest. Complain about others. Spring new… Continue reading
How Your 18-Month-Self is the New You
The most challenging transition is letting go of the leader you used to be. Growing leaders aren’t who they used to be. How has your recent story — the last 18 months –… Continue reading
The Truth About Self-Kindness
It’s hard for me to believe that I’m even thinking about self-kindness. I’m old school. Words like self-love and self-kindness set me on edge. We need responsibility and hard work, not self-kindness. Us… Continue reading
MADE for AMAZING: Finding Your Song in Work and Life
New Book Giveaway!! 20 free copies of Made for Amazing: An Instrumental Journey of Authentic Leadership Transformation. Leave a comment on this guest post by Mark Nation to become eligible to win one of… Continue reading