Leadership Development

Recently these three situations came up in a couple of organizations. Each can define leadership intent-honest or dishonest. It reminded me that little things can make a big difference. At first [...]

Read these insightful and powerful coaching quotes. Each is especially selected to identify steps to great coaching, while sharing words of wisdom.  Most organizations and managers talk about [...]

What do you do if your team’s results are slipping or down right poor? Check out these examples. One by one, a new client’s team leaders covertly came to talk to me about their manager. The [...]

A horrible boss doesn’t just show up in the movies. How many times have you heard someone complain about a bad boss? Almost everyone has worked with one at some time in their careers. [...]

While there are other despicable of traits of terrible leaders, the biggest complaint is that they are consistent purveyors of bad news just like the politicians and the media. They are downright [...]

In the movie, A Bug’s Life, Hopper the grasshopper says, “The first rule of leadership is everything is your fault.” That certainly can seem to be the way it is, but that’s more a potential [...]

Here’s a question I received from a manager. What motivates employees to produce better results when I do not have options of offering them more money?  You might be surprised to learn that [...]

Here is the text of the Declaration of Independence. Yes, celebrate freedom! Maybe, all members of Congress today should read this document, and be tested on it. The founding fathers [...]

Managers coach better when they have been coached well. What happens if they haven’t experienced good coaching? Unfortunately, research indicates that only 75% of managers do more managing [...]

In leadership, as with most things in life, working hard is often required to reap the rewards. To bench press 300 pounds, we must start lifting weights that are a bit smaller than we hope to one [...]