Effective Communication at Work
Effective communication at work, known as the meaningful exchange of information between two individuals or a person and a group of people in the workplace, has been a hot topic in leadership circles for a long time. No wonder! A lot can go wrong during social...
3 Steps to Quickly Create Trust with People
It doesn't take a long time to create trust with people. If someone told you otherwise, think twice. Trust creation begins the second you start interacting with a person, and it won't take long for you to make judgments about the other person. Trust is a mix of the...
A Simple Mindset Shift for Leadership Success
What if I told you that a simple shift in mindset could be the determining factor in your success, your leadership success, the success of your team, and even the success of your children? Let me take you on a little field trip It's Saturday, and you're at a sports...
The Strength of Vulnerable Leaders
The boldest thing you can do as a leader is to be vulnerable. Vulnerability is strength, not weakness. To be vulnerable means to be authentic. To ask for help. To leverage "woundedness" into real connection. To learn more click on the video clip above.
How to Raise your Emotional Intelligence
While emotional intelligence is a relatively new concept, the skills needed to be an emotionally intelligent leader have been around as long as humans have gathered in groups. The set of skills that make up emotional intelligence have evolved along with our evolution....
Leadership and Healthy Boundaries
"No! is a complete sentence." ~Anne Lamott As a leader, you have to set healty boundaries, or people may take advantage of you. Healthy boundaries separate your physical space, your feelings, needs and responsibilities from others. The 4-minute video above explains...
How to Manage Your Energy for High Performance
The general opinion has been that managing time is the key to productivity and success. But what if I tell you that energy management, instead of time management, is essential for high performance ? In this short article I'll teach you 3 tips on how to manage your...
Mindful Leadership Made Easy
The ability to cultivate mindfulness in our lives can be a tremendous asset when it comes to effective leadership. What is mindfulness? According to Jon Kabat-Zinn, one of the North American pioneers in mindfulness studies, mindfulness describes the 'awareness that...
Be Impeccable – Leadership according to the First Toltec Agreement
“Be impeccable with your words” is the title of the first chapter in Don Miguel Ruiz’s book The Four Agreements published in the late 1990s’. As soon as you begin reading this book, you’ll quickly notice, what sounds like a simple instruction, is not necessarily easy...
The Number One Tool to Raise Your Emotional Intelligence as a Leader
Leadership skills are usually easily recognizable. People who have a vision, who can strategize, plan, and accomplish goals, and who take the initiative are considered good leaders. But what about other kinds of skills, the so-called soft skills, the ones that...