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The Practice of Champions

    “Champions don’t do extraordinary things. They do ordinary things, but they do them without thinking, too fast for the other team to react. They follow the habits they’ve learned.” – Charles Duhigg I have noticed that the people I work with who achieve positive results tend to have

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The Markers of Success

  The thing about success is that it happens often and if acknowledged well, it can lead to satisfaction and fulfillment. What I have noticed for myself, and learned in working with thousands of others, is that success is a natural way of being. Leaders have their own goals and

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Great Leadership is Not for the Faint Hearted

“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.” – John Kenneth Galbraith, U.S. economist, “The Age of Uncertainty” The illusion of

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The Emergence of Your Path

I recently facilitated a group of business leaders that included a fascinating conversation surrounding “life’s purpose” – defining your purpose and how to choose the right path towards it. The discussion ranged from the philosophical to the practical, the wild to the wondrous, the fantastic to the functional, and the

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Leading Through Uncertainty

I have been fortunate to experience so much unplanned change and uncertainty over the years that taught me some great skills. I thought I would share a few to sustain your success: 1. See the Change. The ability to see the change, tell the truth, and not fight it has served me

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The Tale of Two Styles of Leadership

I have been fortunate to work with so many unique people over my career.  Some were leaders and some were not. It was always easy to distinguish between those who managed a position and those who developed an amazing team to achieve uncommon results. I’ve had to report to both

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The Leadership Platform

We are in an unusual time in our history and many look outside themselves to see who are the good leaders managing their platform to the greater good. Before we go further, let’s define what is a “platform.” It is a community of people who are connected to the message,

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Mosaic Thinking

I’ve had the privilege of working with amazing leaders. There are many things which make them outstanding, different, successful, dynamic and motivated. As I reflect on our coaching conversations, there is a consistent pattern of thinking that I term as “mosaic thinking.” Mosaic thinking is this ability to have conversations,

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What got you here, will get you there, if…

What got you here, will get you there, if…you remember the practices that allowed you to be successful. I have noticed in myself and in others that when the same solution is applied to a different group of people or company, it typically does not work. The reason is quite

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The Practice of Champions

    “Champions don’t do extraordinary things. They do ordinary things, but they do them without thinking, too fast for the other team to react. They follow the habits they’ve learned.” – Charles Duhigg I have noticed that the people I work with who achieve positive results tend to have

Continue Reading »

The Markers of Success

  The thing about success is that it happens often and if acknowledged well, it can lead to satisfaction and fulfillment. What I have noticed for myself, and learned in working with thousands of others, is that success is a natural way of being. Leaders have their own goals and

Continue Reading »

Great Leadership is Not for the Faint Hearted

“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.” – John Kenneth Galbraith, U.S. economist, “The Age of Uncertainty” The illusion of

Continue Reading »

The Emergence of Your Path

I recently facilitated a group of business leaders that included a fascinating conversation surrounding “life’s purpose” – defining your purpose and how to choose the right path towards it. The discussion ranged from the philosophical to the practical, the wild to the wondrous, the fantastic to the functional, and the

Continue Reading »

Leading Through Uncertainty

I have been fortunate to experience so much unplanned change and uncertainty over the years that taught me some great skills. I thought I would share a few to sustain your success: 1. See the Change. The ability to see the change, tell the truth, and not fight it has served me

Continue Reading »

The Tale of Two Styles of Leadership

I have been fortunate to work with so many unique people over my career.  Some were leaders and some were not. It was always easy to distinguish between those who managed a position and those who developed an amazing team to achieve uncommon results. I’ve had to report to both

Continue Reading »

The Leadership Platform

We are in an unusual time in our history and many look outside themselves to see who are the good leaders managing their platform to the greater good. Before we go further, let’s define what is a “platform.” It is a community of people who are connected to the message,

Continue Reading »

Mosaic Thinking

I’ve had the privilege of working with amazing leaders. There are many things which make them outstanding, different, successful, dynamic and motivated. As I reflect on our coaching conversations, there is a consistent pattern of thinking that I term as “mosaic thinking.” Mosaic thinking is this ability to have conversations,

Continue Reading »

What got you here, will get you there, if…

What got you here, will get you there, if…you remember the practices that allowed you to be successful. I have noticed in myself and in others that when the same solution is applied to a different group of people or company, it typically does not work. The reason is quite

Continue Reading »