Seven Steps to New Leadership

You could be more. Can you live with that? Leaders don’t. There’s hope if you’re unhappy. Contentment chokes growth. 7 Steps to New Leadership: #1. Distress fuels discontent and drives urgency. Every step… Continue reading

Ten Tips for Great Results Through Serving

Self-serving feels safe, but it’s a lonely dead-end. Have you ever heard anyone say, “My purpose in life is to serve myself?” Yet, we all know self-absorbed, self-serving leaders. Successful leaders dare to… Continue reading

12 Ways Leaders Humiliate Others

Foolish leaders use power and position to make others feel insignificant. Humiliation motivates, but never in positive directions.   Showing disrespect invites disrespect. Stealing someone’s dignity destroys passion and encourages disloyalty. You may… Continue reading

The Unexpected Secret to Becoming a Superstar

Toddler-leaders say, “I’ll do it myself!” Rejecting help is an arrogant leader’s self-limiting blunder. You prefer giving help, but receiving help is what makes superstars. You may reach high on your own, but… Continue reading

4 Simple Projects that Transform Culture Today

You’re under appreciated and overworked. Bitterness follows ingratitude, the most self-destructive quality of all.   10 reasons you’re ungrateful: #1. Expectation ends gratitude. Results are expected. When you deliver them, someone gives you… Continue reading

How to Energize Yourself and Others

I thought self-awareness was something for dope-smoking hippies. It doesn’t matter how you feel.  Just do your job. But… Lack of self-awareness limits leadership. Self-awareness and energy: Self-management requires self-awareness. Self-awareness enables you… Continue reading