The Three Essentials for Effective Leadership
“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.” –Frank A. Clark Leadership is the ability to accomplish initiatives through others. To do that, you need teams. When a team shares the same values and vision, they gel better as a group. However, with diverse thinkers, religions and so on, […]
Why The Journey of Transformation Isn’t for Everyone
Because this article contains many earth shattering counterintuitive insights, it is most difficult to write. I have succinctly outlined a path that contains some of the greatest rewards of transformation. Yet, it is the one that is least traveled. “Make no mistake about it – enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do […]
Why Disagreement Is a Very Bad Approach to Any Conversation
In our society, we are taught to have an opinion and speak our minds. What we are not taught to do is listen. We are so focused on our opinion that we often fail to hear what is being communicated to us. Sure. We are taught to pay attention to what someone says to us, […]
Do You Have a Career or Profession?
To many, the difference between being a professional or having a career is a matter of semantics. For the professional, it comes down to being able to distinguish yourself in the pack. Therefore, what it takes to have a career is not what it takes to become a professional. To have a career, you can […]
What’s More Important Than Love, Sex or Money?
In an era of capitalism, there is one thing that is desired more than money. Yet, when people find it, they fight it, run from it or freeze in a panic. What could be desired so deeply and feared at the same time? If you guessed love, you are correct. The very thing we claim […]
What Makes the Best CEOs: Passion or High Commitment?
For decades, we have heard the chants: find your passion and only do what you love. Yet, if you observe, there are many people who have a new passion every week, month and year. While they are passionate, their desire to constantly change passions rarely allows them to master what they love. On the other […]
What Stops People From Creating New Possibilities?
“Out of chaos, comes order?” Nietzsche In 1983, Steve Jobs introduced the world to the iPad. However, it seems the world was not ready. It failed. Or did it? What if Jobs’ idea was the catalyst for chaos that employees and vendors wanted to avoid? In every era, there are beliefs that are held as […]
Are You Failing at Your Profession?
Whether you’re the CEO or the receptionist, you’re responsible for your professional development. And, if you’re doing the same exact job one year from now, you may be failing as a professional. In no way am I implying you have to get a promotion every year. I am saying each year it is in your […]
What Stops Your Organization From Having a Winning Culture?
If the CEO is committed to creating possibilities from “nothing”, he or she cannot transform those possibilities into reality as a lone wolf. If he surrounds himself with the smartest people, it does not mean those people will be comfortable turning “nothing” into something extraordinary. Even the smartest people need to be motivated to produce […]
Do You Have the Mind of a CEO?
While the job of a CEO has many demands, it is his or her job to create possibilities. Possibility is abstract and requires clear thinking in the face of uncertainty. Notwithstanding, he or she declares a possibility as a future simply by saying ‘this is what the future will be’. It doesn’t matter if it’s […]