Great leaders know when to step aside and let their team members do what they do best. Your job as a leader is to position your most powerful players to create powerful results.   “The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say “I.” And that’s not because they have trained themselves not to say “I.” They don’t think “I.” They think “we”; they think “team.” They understand their job to be to...

Yes…”stuff happens…” and it always will.  And yet you can control more of it than you think.   Most people spend their time at work in motion…moving, getting things off their never-ending to do list.  Leaders have to slow down and think more.  Thinking is where real innovation and competitive advantages live.  Thinking sets the course for preparation and when you think and prepare effectively, you will create smarter...

I often hear:  “our leaders aren’t inspiring us or my work place isn’t fun.”  There is no doubt that a fun and inspiring workplace makes for more productivity and innovation regardless of your business.  And yet, looking outside for your inspiration and good time is a waste of time.   You create your environment.  How are you engaging?  What do you do to add some fun and laughter?  Do you focus on how you are contributing...

“For every nine people who denounce innovation only one will encourage it…For every nine people who do things the way they have always been done, only one will ever wonder if there is a better way. For every nine people who stand in line in front of a locked building, only one will ever come around and check the back door. Our progress as a species rests squarely on the shoulders of that tenth person. The nine are satisfied with...

Recently I experienced an amazing encounter.  A team of people had been working on a project and had uncovered opportunities that would allow a key demand generator in their business to substantially improve the business’ results.  You would think there would have been screams of victory. And what happened was remarkable. In less time than it took to grab a cup of java, a leader with a negative attitude shut down what was possible,...