Care for Others
Gifts That Last: How Effective Leaders Share More Than Presents at Christmas
After the New Year, the most widely celebrated holiday around the globe is likely Christmas. Of course, this time of…
Succession Success: Priming the Next Executive Leader
Bad news first: Most executive successions fail. The research tends to peg failure rates around 66% for small and medium-sized…
Why a Vacation is One of the Most Responsible Actions a Leader Can Take
“Take a vacation.” This is my favorite advice to give to the owners or executives who are my clients. They…
What Do I Do if My Company is Outgrowing a Loyal Employee?
What To do When Your Company is Growing Faster than Your Team Growing a company is exciting. But it also…
The Subtle Poison: Insidious Corruption in Leadership
Leadership Corruption: Two true stories Nighttime in Nairobi. The policeman who had pulled me over let his rifle barrel drift…
Two Leadership Maxims that Should Change Your Leadership Forever
Two leadership maxims that will transform how you lead and manage: You will only manage others as well as you…
A Leadership Self-Assessment: A Simple Tool that Reveals All
“Am I good leader?” How to evaluate yourself and answer the question. Here are two maxims that – if you…
Two Ways to Dive Deep Into Gratitude
Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the…
Remembering September 11, 2001
Photo: September 11 Memorial, NYC “Mike November for Mike India, Mike November for Mike India, Mike India come in.” “Mike…
When Winning is Losing: How to Avoid Losing it All Along the Way
“The armies separated; and, it is said, Pyrrhus replied to one that gave him joy of his victory that one other…