Tag Archive: Leadership Development

Mastering Emotional Agility: Transform Destructive Emotions into Leadership Advantage

Lack of emotional agility limits life.

Emotional agility enables you to gain advantage from fear, worry, stress, and doubt.

Emotionally agile leaders:

Communicate powerfully.
Bounce back quickly.
Address challenges confidently.
Embrace change openly.

This post provides 10 ways to master emotional agility.

I’m interested in your thoughts on this topic.

Rethinking Celebrations: Party Like it Matters

I woke up early because I have too much on my mind to sleep. At 3 a.m. I listened to, “E.B. White on Dogs.” At 4:30 I wandered to my writing chair and began this.

Party like it matters. Celebrations accomplish three things.

Beyond Accountability: 5 Ways to Confront Lack of Follow Through

The expression “holding people accountable” smells like roadkill in July.

Some leaders think holding people accountable is getting them to do things they don’t want to do.

But what can you do when people don’t follow through?

5 ways to get beyond holding people accountable.

4 Reasons Goal Setting Conversations Fail and How To Fix Them

Failure is often the result of something undone.

Goal setting is imagination. Follow through is reality.

This post provides solutions for 4 common reasons goal setting conversations fail.

Are you having the same conversations over and over?

The 4 Trajectories – Seizing the Intentional Future

I learned a powerful model I’m sharing today.

Learn to notice the trajectory of conversations.

More important, learn to open a door toward the intentional future.

Words are rudders. Skillful leaders understand the trajectory of conversations.

4 Ways to Shape the World Today

Shape the world or be shaped by it.

Don’t go with the flow unless oblivion is your goal.

In this post, reflect on ways to adapt and have vision. Consider 4 specific ways you can shape the world today.

Share your thoughts as well.