leadership
CEOs 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 MoreEliminate Anxiety and Program Your Brain to Thrive in Uncertainty
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Read MoreMental & Physical Gymnastics – why you should do both
“Victor seven tango three one seven…no wait…three one nine…no one seven, one seven! It’s one seven for sure.” Spurted the tired athlete to the official. “Wrong! Thirty burpees.” demanded the Spartan judge who was checking each racer’s memorized codes. In the obstacle course (OCR) world racers spend countless hours monthly training their bodies to handle…
Read MoreGoal Setting – How to make the Journey count
Catapult your career with Leadership Lessons from the 2018 World Champion Boston red Sox
Quite possibly the greatest baseball team of all time is touring the streets of Boston this morning in duckboats in front of hundreds of thousands of adoring fans. An entire city is in awe after a season-long display of excellence, character, grit, perseverance, teamwork and courage. How would you like hundreds of thousands of adoring…
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