Is Your Leadership Style A Mystery?
There’s a big divide between what you can and what you will do. I love a good mystery, don’t you? Some of my favorite Sunday afternoons as a kid were…
Good Communication Impacts Leadership
Good communication is the bread of the leadership sandwich…it keeps everything together. I remember the first time (nearly 30 years ago) that I had to brief a group of senior…
How Do You Deal With The Bad Apple?
Behavior modification made easy… Let’s face it, we can pick our nose but we can’t all pick our teams. It would be great to be able to “Kingdom Build” (as…
The Workforce Is Changing
“A leader is a dealer in hope.” – Napoleon Bonaparte The workforce is changing and we need to change with it. None of us are old enough to remember the…
How Do You Persuade Your Boss?
“The key for any speaker is to establish his own point of view for the audience, so they can see the game through his eyes.” -Ronald Reagan “Want to…
Retention Is EVERYONE’S Job!
Do you know why the US Navy works hard to retain their best and brightest? It’s because they can’t hire senior leadership from the outside. They have to grow their…
Laugh Lines: The ROI Of Fun At Work
I’ve worked with some major league a**holes in my life. The kind of people that made the working environment not just bad, they made it suck (that’s a technical term). …
Cast Your Spell With Small Magic! With Lisa Demmi
Are you tired of all of the angry people out there? Are the pundits and pontificators starting to grind on you? If so, then how about taking control of the…
Your Presentation Matters
In Navy, “Salty Dog” language, I was a big soup sandwich. I was consistently late to work, was always in need of a hair cut, and my uniforms looked like…
Leadership Lessons From The Hanoi Hilton
So, there I was, driving and listening to a recording from a conference that was done in 2000 (YES, 18 YEARS AGO!) and I found a presentation given by today’s…