For Their Benefit Or Yours? One of the most difficult aspects of leadership is that leaders, when not paying attention, revert to their ego-centric state. That is, in the normal course of pursuing success, their focus is on themselves—what is and isn’t going the way...
Most people Like you, most people think they are reasonable and fairly easy to get along with. However, others may not agree with you. You may come across differently than they way you think you are. As we discussed in one of the last Partner-Pipeline® courses,...
Happy New Year and welcome to 2022! New Beginnings Being the first of a new year, I am reminded of a post I wrote a year ago entitled The Power of a New Beginning. In it, I shared some research on the Fresh Start Effect, which motivates us to pause, get our bearings...
Quite A Year We’ve come to the end of the year, which for many, was quite a year unlike any other. While some would rather forget it, please don’t. Instead, take a moment to appreciate all that has happened and celebrate that you came through it. No matter how...
Manage Your Stress Managing yourself can be a real chore. You can be the most uncooperative, resistant person you have to deal with. And you really frustrate yourself when you won’t take responsibility for yourself. Very irritating. For instance, coming out of the...
Gratitude Is A Value In a recent training on professionalism, one participant said that one of their values is gratefulness. It struck me because I don’t hear that expressed as a value very much. Yet it is so clear how impactful a grateful attitude is on our whole...