Keep Your Elbows In

As you know, I write these messages from what I hear in my coaching and training programs. This message is about something I’m hearing more about. It has to do with young professionals who are stepping up in significant ways to promote change in their firms. If you...

THAT ONE THING

I’m all about you attaining your highest professional stature and making significant contributions to the benefit of others. That’s the essence of this weekly message and your professional service. So you can imagine how interested I was when I stumbled upon a...

Low Trust Is Good?

For the last 17 years, the Edelman Trust Barometer has been used to survey the globe to determine the level of trust that people have in government, NGOs, business and the media. Their latest survey results are out and it doesn’t look good. In fact, this year’s report...

Rituals For Results

Harvard Business Review recently published an article on the significant impact of pre-task rituals on performance in stressful situations. The authors likened the routines to what athletes use before their events, citing numerous examples that illustrate the positive...

Set Goals For You

I read over the weekend that the Ford F-150 pickup will sport a new grille, wheels and other tweaks for the 2018 model—just two years after a new version design and a couple of years before the next planned redesign. Apparently, the Ford truck has enjoyed being a...