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When You Have a Chance to Create Direction, Do You Take It or Do You Defer?

It’s been an interesting week. I traveled to New York over the weekend for business and as you can well imagine tropical storm Sandy and her aftermath have kept me here since. I’m safe and sound, and if you are on the East Coast I hope you and yours are as well. I started writing […]

Which is More Important, Culture or Strategy?

This week I am in beautiful Palm Desert California at the Global Institute of Leadership Development. This is my eighth year attending as a coach and sometime team leader for the executives and teams who attend in order to expand their leadership and their approach to business. I am happy to be here to hear […]

Are Drop-in Meetings Sabotaging Your Effectiveness as a Leader?

A few years ago I was asked to coach the COO of a large regional bank. I was coaching the President, CEO, and several senior vice presidents on the leadership team. One of the COO’s goals for our coaching engagement was time management because he was consistently taking work home in the evenings and over […]