How to Boost Your Influence
John Maxwell defines leading as influencing. President Eisenhower defined it as, “getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do…
What Is Your Credibility Score?
Are You Credible? We all think we are highly credible, but we need to validate that perception. Living in an illusion is not smart. I…
Effective Communication
Effective Team Communication: What vs Why At first glance, exchanging information, meaning and messages among team members appears deceptively simple. After all, you know each…
Change Management | Communication Skills | Critical Thinking | Leadership | Management Styles | Teamwork
Walk a Mile in My Shoes: Understanding 6 Critical Mindsets
Learn how to identify the critical mindsets that enable you to effectively analyze the business situation. At some point in life, we’ve all heard the…
Communication Skills | Critical Thinking | Engagement | Leadership | Management | Management Styles | Teamwork
Cultivating a Culture of Engagement
The childhood fairy tale of Jack and the Beanstalk leads us to believe that it is possible to toss out a handful of magic seeds…
A New Path to Leadership Effectiveness
Business has undergone a sea of change in the past several decades. Competition, supply-chains, technology, and business models have shifted. Yet, many major corporations still…
Which is More Detrimental: Power or Powerlessness?
This is the beginning of a new series titled Power Levers. Over the next several weeks we will identify and examine seven power levers to…
Working the System Instead of Fighting It
In my last post, “Which is More Detrimental: Power or Powerlessness?“, I redefined the term “power” to challenge common misconceptions and introduced the seven levers necessary…
Leadership | Power | Power Levers | Teamwork
Degrees of Separation: Leveraging Personal Power
While “six degrees of separation” has historically been a standard reference point, today technology and social networking sites have helped to cut this figure in…