A recent post by Michael Hyatt on his website – Intentional Leadership - entitled The Paradigm Shift That Helped Me Defeat Perfectionism Once and for All really caught my eye. I have studied the impacts of perfectionism on leadership for many years with my clients and his experience with the topic …
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I was talking to a friend today and he told me he was going to take a two-week vacation for the first time in many years. It made me think about my last, and only two week vacation, 33 years ago. It was an epic journey with a good buddy of mine to Alaska and it was a blast. Since it's the first week …
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In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves. - Buddha How often after you've been in a very testy exchange with someone - a boss, a peer, a spouse or one of your children - do you ask yourself: How did I let …
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I recently heard about the existence of a four-eyed fish named the Anableps (pictured above). They originate in southern Mexico to Honduras to northern South America. They have two eyes that are raised above the top of their head and are divided into two different parts so they can see above and …
There is no such thing as a "self-made" man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success. - George Burton Adams One of the …
Marshall Goldsmith is perhaps the preeminent executive leadership coach in the United States. He has written a dozen or more books and served as an executive coach to leaders of many key international organizations. I had the good fortune of participating in a daylong seminar with him that had to do …
I have been working on trying to better understand the difference between leaders who are thought of as intense versus those who are passionate. From a leadership perspective, I believe this is an essential difference because there are lots of intense leaders who think they are being passionate, …
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A client who is a very successful financial advisor once shared with me this phrase and mentioned it was used by a CEO client of hers when things got bogged down in his company. I'd like to briefly explore the implications of this powerful insight in relation to how high performing companies handle …
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Have you ever left a meeting where you wondered if you were the only one who could see what the true issue at hand was but no one else seemed to acknowledge it, much less speak about it? I was working with a senior group of technical leaders at a top cable company and they were complaining bitterly …
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Everyone stumbles over the truth from time to time, but most people pick themselves up and hurry off as though nothing ever happened. - Winston Churchill There are times when we leave a meeting or listen to a presentation and you say to yourself, "Why didn’t they talk about 'Subject X' because …
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When trying to encourage a member of our team to step up to a challenge or task, their level of motivation to undertake that task can vary. One quick way of looking at it is based upon whether they are ABLE – they have the skills and experience to perform the task, or if they are WILLING – they …
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Transactional Analysis was created by psychotherapist Dr. Eric Berne (1910 – 1970) from studies he conducted in the 1950s. It made complex interpersonal transactions understandable when he recognized that people can interact from one of three "ego-states": 1. Parent, 2. Adult, 3. Child. Each one of …
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