In providing executive coaching to C-suite executives and executive teams for many years, we have long advocated for strong corporate values that are created by the executive team with ownership and buy-in from those who […]
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Harvard Business Review categorized a recent article entitled How to Get the Most Out of a Day Off under “Time Management.” I think of the day off more as a Mental Health day or alternatively, […]
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Leadership Effectiveness: Team Culture at the top All teams have norms — not to be confused with gnomes! We found this great definition of team norms in an article on a career website (link below) […]
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In recent interviews of direct reports of a CEO, one of the direct reports, Sam, said, “We don’t think about ‘work life balance’ as much as an integrated life.” Sam and I started talking about […]
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Ethics and transparency in an organization lead to credibility; metaphorically, they are “lights” shining within the organization. When leaders in a company are ethical and transparent and are perceived as so, trust is created and […]
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Imagine an executive team meeting with five participants. Two of them routinely take their blood pressure at home and periodically drop by the doctor’s office for the same purpose. A third participant owns an at-home […]
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It is estimated that $16 billion is invested in leadership development each year. Some companies achieve high ROI (as much as 200 percent), and others do not. We ask, “What could go wrong, given all […]
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What could air traffic controllers, the Mayo Clinic, Google, the United States Marine Corps, nuclear power plant operators, Caterpillar, and Florida Power & Light have in common with each other? The link is mindfulness—these organizations […]
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Humans are interesting creatures. Sometimes we humans do things that are so special, they inspire others to be their best, to try something new, to think outside of the box, to push just that much […]
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“Attitude Adjustment” was formed as a crossover band (somewhere between hardcore punk and thrash metal) in 1985 in Oakland, CA. When the band was formed, the phrase that became its name may have had the […]
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