The power of how you communicate as a leader is not limited to the great vision-casting speeches you make. Much of your impact takes place in your day to day conversations. Effective leaders know that there are no throw-away moments when it comes to communication. Every passing word, every conversation no matter how brief or…
Forward Thinking: 3 Tips to Avoid Nostalgia’s Trap
Nostalgia can have an important place with your team or organization. But if you’re not careful, nostalgia can hijack your vision. “We may be small now, but there was a day…” “We may not have a lot of impact now, but there was a day…” “We may be struggling now, but there was a day…”…
The Surprising Benefit of Letting Go of Good Ideas
As a leader, you must be able to start things. You must be able to complete things. And, more often than you’d think, sometimes you have to put an end to things. To take your leadership to the next level, you may need the courage to kill off a good idea. But how can you…
4 Critical Elements of Last Impression Leadership You Need to Maximize Today
Effective leaders know the importance of making a good first impression. But sometimes overlooked is the power of making a good last impression. Your last impression is the impact you made on your most recent interaction. It’s the leadership deposit you made with a person, a team, or a group the last time you connected…
How To Use 3 Questions To Create Action From Your Vision
This article is part of my Global Leadership series; Insights from more than a decade of leadership training around the world… If the leadership vision you are casting is not resulting in movement or action, you are simply sharing nice words. Leadership vision results in action. Whether it was Martin Luther King Jr’s, “I have…
