I want to spend some time talking about HABITS. One definition is this: “A habit is a routine behavior that is repeated regularly and tends to occur subconsciously.” We all have habits. Some are good, some are not so good. But we have them. Here’s an example of a “not so good habit”: I always …
I attended a “Trainers of Trainers” session a couple of weeks ago that was put on by an organization I’ve been connected with for a long time. As I sat down in the seat for the 2-day session, I had a flood of memories wash over me as I recalled the first trainers session I …
I recently had 2 mail-order experiences. I ordered something for my office online, and when it arrived, the item was thrown into a large box, it had been broken during shipping, and when I picked up the box, it was falling apart because it had been damaged. The item had to be returned, and I …
I’m Tired of Being Hacked! This week I found out I was hacked twice. In one case, an account was accessed and they tried to access my full personal account. In another case, someone got into a blog I had written and inserted a “click-for-pay” link into one of my articles, which was actually pretty …
I’m a leadership coach. I enjoy coming around other leaders and finding ways to help them, to challenge them, to encourage them, and to help them reach a goal or execute a plan. The problem is that sometimes given all of my efforts, I’m not helping! In trying to figure out why, I’ve identified a …
Stopping. You’ve heard me encourage leaders every chance I get to learn to STOP. This is a difficult lesson because we have gotten so used to running full speed ahead that we’ve forgotten how to slow down, how to wind down, how to STOP. This past week, I realized that I was hitting the wall …
I just participated in a week-long leadership event where we spent the week talking about the power of our influence and we defined what this looks like and we spent time applying it to each of our contexts. For anyone in leadership, the idea of INFLUENCE is something that drives what we do and it …
LEARNING TO LEVERAGE I’ve been working for the past few weeks on a presentation around “Leverage in your Leadership”. While reading some great books and articles, I found some really good tips to share with leaders about how to leverage our leadership into greater impact. However, as I was researching and preparing, I realize that it’s …
I was recently reading a book by T.J. Addington entitled “Deep Influence” (Navpress ©2014). There are a number of themes in this book that I resonate with, but once again, the idea of distractions jumped off the pages as this is something I constantly work to manage. Addington talks about this as he talks about …
It happens to the best of us: *We start the week by creating of list of things we need to do. *Our goal is to “get through the list”, but the longer we focus on the list, the more items we remember to add to the list. *We end up spending more time creating and …