These positive thinking quotes can help you change your life for the better. According to numerology the number 19 represents success and achievement. Furthermore, other sources describe the number nineteen to mean order and focus. Read these positive thinking quotes and remind yourself of your unlimited potential to reach your goals and to live the […]

Servant leadership reflects an approach that challenges traditional leadership practices today. Why? Because it focuses first on people and then the rest of the activities of leaders. The goal is to serve. Now, it is not a milk toast approach to leadership as some think. Studies show it to be the most effective and successful […]

What if you could achieve your personal best leadership results today? Have you ever asked yourself this question: how can I be the best manager I can be? Or how can I use my leadership ability to be the best at what I do? Read on. Personal Best Leadership Exercise Here is the way to […]

Evidence grows that women tend to become better leaders than men. However, women face a long journey in their march for equality. Over 168 years ago the United States received its first woman doctor, Elizabeth Blackwell. Twenty-nine colleges turned down her applications for medical school. She was ridiculed and told it “Wasn’t women’s work”. But […]

A failing team creates discomfort for everyone. Team failures, which sit at about 60%, demoralize employees, reduce productivity, cost companies billions of dollars, and inhibit innovation. If you are the leader, besides the personal frustrations and disappointment a failing team causes, it is also a potential career buster. Here are other roadblocks to get out […]

Character defines a leader’s success and legacy. For example, think of a leader you know. Answer these questions about that person’s character. Answers to these questions define a pattern of behavior. 10 Questions that Define a Person’s Character Does the leader tell the truth? Can you count on this leader to really listen to you? […]

The greatest servant leaders of all-time illuminate famed management guru Peter Drucker’s disheartening quote. He wrote over twenty years ago, “We have a dearth of leadership.”  This is even more true today. In contrast, it is not so for servant leaders. Consequently, we need more of them. Recently, in Davos, Switzerland the global business and […]

Coaching is the secret sauce of leadership success. Ssshhh…did I write that?  I let the cat is out of the bag. Check out these verses. “On Raglan Road” by Van Morrison and the Chieftains has these lines about hidden, secret ideas: I gave her gifts of the mind, I gave her the secret signs, That’s known […]

Servant leaders do not pay much attention to the concept of a multigenerational workforce. Factors such as age, or sex, or background, or religion are relatively oblivious to them. While at the same time they take a keen and sensitive approach to each employee’s potential, needs, aspirations, and uniqueness. New research shows that millennial’s  want variety, […]

How do you change habits positively? Lately, this has been on my mind. I hear so many people, and so many professionals, talk about their desire for personal change- change within themselves and change outside of themselves. (Controllable change & uncontrollable change) It seems uncomfortable-almost wrong-to settle for anything in its current state. So, if […]