Hard to believe, but the business world is already deep into the 4th Quarter.  If you’re like a lot of Leaders I know, you’re working hard to deliver on this year’s commitments. 

If you’re like a lot...

Humbug, Barnyard Epithets & Leadership Communication: RIP Harry Frankfurt

Something I’ve done for years around the holiday season is to give a book to teams I’ve led.

The gift would be a work I’d re...

Change in vision and strategy are part of organizational life: the market ensures statis leads to irrelevance.

When it comes to change, Effective Leaders can answer the questions: “is my team with me...

Effective Leaders create and communicate a vision for a world other people want to be a part of.

Sometimes they create a vision for a large organization as an apex leader.  Other times they interpret...

We live in a complex world.  Things change quickly.  We’re hungry, yet somebody’s always trying to eat our lunch.

Circumstances require us to adapt and Effective Leaders spend a lot of their day copi...

When it comes to Leaders and Leadership, words matter.  A lot.

Words are fundamental tools used by Leaders to do their work.  Effective Leaders learn to use words just as a master carpenter learns to...

I was honored recently to be a panelist at the Women in Insurance Summit New York 2023.

The event was energizing and the various speakers were terrific, sharing insights and understandings on a great...

A very common coaching scenario goes like this:

“HELP ME!! I’ve been promoted to a bigger job. There are problems galore and I have no idea where to start.”

My first bit of coaching is to say, “time...