“A vision of the future is much like a literary or musical theme. It’s the paramount persistent, and pervasive message that you want to convey, the frequently recurring melody that you want people to remember and whenever repeated, it reminds the audience of the entire work.” – Kouzes and Posner, The Leadership Challenge. When you […]
“Real learning gets to the heart of what it means to be human. Through learning we re-create ourselves. Through learning we become able to do something we never were able to do. Through learning we re-perceive the world and our relationship to it. Through learning we extend our capacity to create, to be part of […]
“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.” – Benjamin Franklin EXCUSES: We all have lots of them, don’t we. I’m too tired, too busy, it’s too difficult, It’s too risky, I don’t feel like it, I don’t have the energy, why bother,I won’t be able to do it right, I […]
To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation. – Yann Martel I’ve spent the last seventeen years working with highly accomplished women who are having an impact on the workplace, and in their business. And not surprisingly, they have a lot in common, apart from […]
“Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.” – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hagel. You may have spent your life committed to your work, committed to your family, and committed to your way of life. But you may also be reaching a place where you start to wonder what’s next? You’ve heard the expression […]
Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It’s a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment. Thomas Carlyle Just as athletes are not born with strong muscles and strong lungs that lead them to greatness, leadership is not something you are born with. You grow […]
Resilience is your superpower…your x-factor. It’s what will see you through any challenge. Resilience is one of the most common traits of successful, happy people. Developing your resilience will not only help you to cope with challenging situations, but it can help you reach peak performance and enhance satisfaction, both in your personal and professional life. […]
Trust is a vital part of getting things done and inspiring others to follow your leadership. As a leader, do you trust yourself to do what you say you will do? Do you trust that you have the right instincts and will do the right thing? Do you trust that you can handle things, no matter […]
I was recently invited to find a question that Google could not answer and so I asked, “why does fear matter to your success?” The answer I received was ‘fear of success!” and it completely overlooked the main question – Why does it matter? The simple fact is that fear matters to your success because […]
“If you set your goals ridiculously high, and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.” – James Cameron, Director My acronym for goals is Great Opportunities For Accelerating Leadership Success. G.O.A.L.S is one of the most effective ways to think about success. We set goals to stretch ourselves. We set goals to […]