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Are you making choices that matter?

Chery Gegelman — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:00:25 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership Workplace Issues

I grew up in rural North Dakota and would occasionally see movies about events that are a part of our history but were not a part of my reality: Movies about the civil rights movement or the Holocaust. Watching those movies would instantly trigger my adrenalin, raise my heart-rate and make every cell in my [...]

Automatic vs. Manual – Putting It in Gear

Ace — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:02:41 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development

http://www.thindifference.com/2012/03/07/automatic-vs-manual-putting-it-in-gear/

Check out this post by Instigator Jon Mertz on how you can’t just cruise through life on automatic. Jon describes the ‘gears’ you must successfully ‘shift’ through to get the most out of life.

Leading Can be Simple

Susan Mazza — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:20:40 +0000

Posted in Leadership Coaching Leadership Development

The following post is adapted from a post on the Random Acts of Leadership Blog in December, 2008. It’s time to demystify leadership. Opportunities abound for leading in any given moment. Yet all too often we don’t even see the opportunities let alone take them. Perhaps we have set our sights on the grand gestures [...]

Choices That Matter

Chery Gegelman — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:00:13 +0000

Posted in Leadership Coaching Leadership Development Resources Self Leadership

Every day is filled with choices. Some choices are simple in the moment. To Wear The Red Shoe or The Cute Boot? To Eat Vegetables or Chocolate? To Shop or to Save? To Sit or to Dance? To Work or to Play? Some choices require a little more risk. To Laugh or Cry? To [...]

What Do Frogs Have To Do with Leadership?

Christina Haxton — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:58:29 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development

“Once upon a time, two frogs were sitting on a log in the middle of a lake, and one frog decided to jump off, how many frogs were left sitting on the log?” Answer: Two frogs. Why? The same reason only 3% of the population set and actually achieve their goals or maintain positive, well-intentioned [...]

Don’t Let Your To-Do List Override Your Good Sense

Mary C Schaefer — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:03:00 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership

. By this time you’ve heard story after story of Black Friday gone wrong. Shoppers with a laser focus on “making the season bright” allowed themselves to be willing to hurt another to achieve their prized purchase. What a way to start off the holiday season wrong on so many levels… “Leaders” at work face [...]

Leaders are like Golfers

Will Lukang, CLDC, PMP, CSM — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:02:26 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development

Will Lukang, PMP, CSM, CLDC As I was following the Presidents Cup over the weekend, it occurred to me that golfers are like leaders. In some respects it is not fair that I compare golfers to leaders, because leaders have more responsibilities and have more on their shoulders. However, from a conceptual standpoint there is [...]

How to Drive Team Collaboration: Use Two Pairs of Glasses

Sonia Di Maulo — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:00:03 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development

If you wear glasses, you know that owning two pairs is good practice. If your focus is on increasing collaboration and cohesiveness within your team, get ready to try on a new look! The goal? Cultivate collaboration and boost creativity, work performance and passion. Perfecting our Critical Eye When we observe performance (our own and [...]

How to Discover and Live Your Leadership Philosophy

Ace — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:47:06 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development

http://www.lisapetrilli.com/2011/11/14/how-to-discover-and-live-your-leadership-philosophy/

Author, Lisa Petrilli is Chief Executive Officer of C-Level Strategies, Inc. discusses how leaders lead without truly understanding their own philosophy on the art of leadership.Joining her in the discussion is Steve Woodruff and Mike Figliuolo, Founder and Managing Director of thoughtLeaders LLC and author of the new book, “One Piece of Paper.”

Leadership, Effort and Motives – One Drop of Water

Mike Henry — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:02:27 +0000

Posted in Self Leadership

“One drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire helps to give light to the world. None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act.” – Hannah More So often, we evaluate the results before taking the action. We project an expected result [...]