As you map out your personal and leadership development plan for the coming year, it’s important to understand the difference between horizontal growth and vertical growth, between learning about leadership and true leadership development. We live in a world of horizontal growth, a world filled with sixty second sound bites, 300-word posts (case in point), […]
Peaceful New Years This is a good time to reflect on the past year and refocus for the coming year. I always take a day between Christmas and New Years to take an inventory and clarify my goals and intentions for the upcoming year. I don’t make New Years resolutions. I make a list of […]
When Ben Hunt-Davis’s underachieving Men’s Eight British rowing team came seventh in the world championship in 1998, they set themselves a crazy goal of winning an Olympic Gold Medal in just two years. Setting such a goal required an entirely new way of thinking about their training. For the next two years they began challenging […]
Travis Bradberry recently published a Forbes article titled, 12 Habits of Genuine People. He builds a good case for the value of being genuine, then outlines the hallmarks of genuine people: “they don’t pass judgement … they’re generous … they treat everyone with respect … they aren’t motivated by material things … that aren’t driven […]
We are all inspired by random acts of kindness, particularly this time of year. But does our caring have to be random? What if we decide to be more intentional in our actions? Caring has a pervasive, enduring influence on the well-being of those around us. Caring impacts who we are as people and the […]
Why do we discount people’s feelings – and what can we do about it? Have you ever been told to: “Calm down” “Don’t worry” “Relax” “Don’t be so intense” “Just let it go” Rarely do these responses change the emotions or the actions that are intended. In fact, they usually result in making things worse. […]
