This past weekend, my wife and I encountered some crazy weather while heading to some meetings in Canada. As we landed into the Chicago-O’Hare airport in order to make our connection, we knew that we were in trouble simply by…
Posts from Russ Cline
Why Being Flexible Matters
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: adapting, change, crisis, flexibility, flexible, panic
It’s a New Year!
Yes, it’s a New Year and I started the year QUIET! One of the things I have tried to do over the past 10 years is to take some days at the end of the year to unplug from work,…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership
4 Tips for Making a Tough Decision
The ability to make decisions is a major part of any leaders job. We make decisions all day, and sometime these decisions affect many other people. Richard Branson, the founder of the Virgin Group, shares 4 rules he has for making…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: difficult decisions, tough decisions
The Lost Art of Celebration
The other day, I was standing in a small sandwich shop and watched this whole thing take place: A girl was taking orders, and a lady came in with a large bouquet of flowers. She handed them to the girl…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: celebrate, celebration, criticize, jealousy, praise, share, smile
On Being Generous
I’ve had the privilege of having some very “generous” leaders in my life. They people have invested into my development, they’ve invested in my cause, and they’ve gone above and beyond to see me succeed, sometimes to the detriment of…
Posted in Leadership Community, Personal Leadership Tagged with: example, expertise, generosity, generous leader, invest, purpose, time
Are You Authentic?
The other day I took a suit to the dry cleaners and asked the woman working there how long it would take. She replied that it would be 3 days. I left my suit and the store, and as I…
Make a Difference
I watched this short commercial and was really challenged to go out of my way a little bit to make a difference in the lives of those around me. It doesn’t take a huge effort, but it does make a…
Building Your Brand
Over the past number of weeks, I’ve been thinking about my “personal brand”. A “personal brand” is defined in this way: “Personal branding describes the process by which individuals and entrepreneurs differentiate themselves and stand out from a crowd by…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: build, call, expertise, network, personal brand
It’s Important to Encourage Others
I was distraught. I sat the bench most of that 8th grade year. I had high hopes for my basketball career. I made the team, I earned the spot, I practiced, I worked hard, but I didn’t play. My dreams…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: affirm quickly, affirmation, build up others, encouragement, importance of encouragement, invest in leaders, investment, time
Are You a Head or a Claw
One of my favorite talks ever uses the illustration of a common hammer. The illustration looks at the 2 sides of a hammer: The HEAD is the part that is used to build. This is what you use to drive…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: affirmation, builder, destruction, encouragement, hammer, lift up, tear down
