A few years ago I completed a personality profile.  Among other things, the profile measured empathy.  When I received the results, I was very pleased.  I scored very high on “sense of urgency,” “goal...

Last week I asked, do you have integrity?  To answer that question, I provided you with a list of six questions to help determine if you act with integrity.  This week, my focus is on ideas to build i...

Do you have integrity?  It is one of top ingredients of effective leadership.  It means doing the right thing for the right reason regardless of the consequences.  Integrity and trust go hand-in-hand....

Survey after survey shows that leaders consider themselves excellent communicators.  Survey after survey shows that employees think leaders need to be better communicators.  That creates a problem bec...

Have you ever returned from vacation only to be greeted with a seemingly infinite number of messages and emails?  You come back refreshed and energized only to be buried alive in things to do?  I’ve e...

Two guys are chopping wood with an axe.  One guy is going non-stop, determined to finish the job.  The other guy takes several breaks, taking a seat beneath a nearby shade tree, seemingly taking a nap...

I think we’ve all heard the concept that if you believe it you can achieve it.  Napoleon Hill said, “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”  Have you ever tried to achieve a goal...

Leaders are not remembered for what they do for themselves, leaders are remembered for what they do for others.  The most effective leaders are more interested in the success of others than their own ...

By the early 1850s, the California gold rush had attracted a less desirable crowd made up of crooks, bandits, gamblers and claim jumpers.  They were all there to take advantage of the wealth being dis...

The holidays are here!  To celebrate the season, our custom is to exchange gifts.  While we enjoy receiving gifts, there is also joy in giving, and benefits too, business and otherwise.

I used to bel...

I hope you and yours have a great Thanksgiving!

Please enjoy these words of Thanksgiving from my hero, President Abraham Lincoln.

October 3, 1863

The year that is drawing towards its close, has bee...

Have you ever heard anyone in your organization say that to be an effective leader you need to play favorites?  I’m guessing it’s the exact opposite; effective leaders don’t play favorites.  I’ve neve...