Courage
How to Shift Your Brain Into HIgh Gear
Ever feel like your brain is stuck in the wrong gear? Maybe you’re trying to focus on a report, but your mind is off daydreaming about dinner (or worse, you’re stressing about everything *except* dinner!). Well, good news: there’s a “gearbox” in your brain that you can control to get your thinking on track. Yes,…
Read MoreFive Reasons Why You Should Book a Motivational Speaker for Your Employees
The past 18 months have been a rollercoaster of challenges for any organization. Even the best companies are suffering leadership fatigue and employee burnout. Executives and managers are virtually keeping constantly in touch, usually by Zoom, guiding employees as best as they possibly can. The challenge many executives face, now that things are returning to…
Read MoreCEOs Most Influential Leadership Books of 2021
I’m a member of Young President’s Organization (YPO) a global organization of CEOs, and as part of the Leadership Development Network I surveyed the 2,500 members and asked them what their most influential book of all time was. These are the results. The top ranked book was by my former professor at business school Jim…
Read MoreHow to have difficult conversations at work
You’ve got to fire someone. Your consulting project is way behind schedule. The budget has to get cut. In any job you’ll have to have tough conversations where fear can end up being the fuel for positive and effective change, or it can crumble you into wishing you had done the whole thing differently. With…
Read MoreWhy you (and your kids) laugh at the worst possible time
I honestly thought my grandfather was going to kill me or my brother. We’d been sitting in a tiny aluminum row boat for about two and a half hours. Way longer than most ten and eleven year old boys can, or should, have to handle. My grandfather – a passionate trout fisherman – finally latched…
Read MoreElection Day Anxiety? Turn that fear into fuel for good.
Today can be a great day if you want it to be – no matter what happens. Are you screaming at your friends? Maybe losing sleep or can’t focus on work? One of my best friends is an Italian native who lived in New York for 10 years and became a US citizen. He is…
Read More“Stress in America at an All-Time High” – American Psych. Assoc.
The American Psych. Assoc. puts stress at an all-time high. Here are four steps that can help you get it under control.
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