Don’t Let Education Get In The Way Of Learning

Don’t Let Education Get In The Way Of Learning

As a leader, you are a teacher, instructor, coach, and mentor among many other titles (hope this is not news to you). In this role, are you maximizing the learning opportunities for your ‘students’? Many times, when you are teaching, you are following a set curriculum...
What’s Your Care Factor?

What’s Your Care Factor?

In grad school, as assignments and group projects would drag on, I would often say the “give a shit factor is starting to rise”, which means I am starting to care less and less about the project and the quality I am producing and I just want to get the project...
Go From Nervous to Excited When Public Speaking

Go From Nervous to Excited When Public Speaking

Think about the last time you were nervous about something you had control over. Now, think about something you were confident in that you had control over. It could be a race, an exam, an event you were leading, or a speech you were giving. The major difference in...
Quality Leaders Make Memories

Quality Leaders Make Memories

Create a Memory and Visit It Often For a moment, think about one of the greatest team experiences you have ever been a part of… I am willing to bet a memory of a unique event that you did with that team or person comes to mind. People come closer through unique shared...
2 Ways to Stay Accountable As a Leader

2 Ways to Stay Accountable As a Leader

As a leader, you spend most of your time keeping others accountable for their action and results but who is keeping you accountable? Are you at the top of your organization, department, project or even household? If you are, you probably don’t have someone keeping you...
Lessons Learned From My Recent Family Vacation

Lessons Learned From My Recent Family Vacation

In a recent presentation on self-leadership, I mentioned that in the last 4 years I have discovered the greatest leadership challenge: Parenting! I discussed that this is the most important leadership position anyone could find himself or herself in and that I still...