Known By Your Choices

Dec 10, 2023 | Business, Leadership, Personal Management

Intentional Professionalism As you well know, high professionalism isn’t automatic. If you demonstrate high professionalism, it is because you intentionally do so with skill, discipline and self control. If you practice professionalism on a regular basis, it becomes a...

Excellence Isn’t Automatic

Sep 17, 2023 | Business, Leadership, Personal Management

Simple. Not Easy Being excellent is not hard. In fact, it’s really fairly simple. It’s just not easy. You have to train yourself to be excellent because it doesn’t just happen. Those who are excellent, are so, not because they are smarter or more talented than you...

Excellence Isn’t Perfectionism

Oct 21, 2018 | Business

Professionals have a natural proclivity to well. You desire to show yourself worthy of professional stature by the quality of work you produce. You enjoy applying your knowledge and skill to create something you can be proud of and others will appreciate. All of that...

Leaders don’t, unless…

Nov 4, 2012 | Business

Coaching leaders in professional service firms for over 2 decades has taught me all kinds of things. One is that leaders are different in what they tolerate and what they don’t. Long story short, what it really comes down to is a reflection of what leaders tolerate in...

Average is Over

Dec 24, 2011 | Business

I read a review of Tom Friedman’s new book, That Used to be Us. One of his chapters is called “Average is Over.” He contends that what used to be good yesterday is average today and will be even less so tomorrow. Since no professional sets out to be average, how do...