The last time I looked, you're the only YOU there is. What is it that Only YOU Can Do? As an experienced leadership coach working directly with CEOs and other senior executives, I’m constantly telling leaders: Focus intensely on what only YOU can do. I was reminded of the importance…
There’s no lack of decision-making frameworks … the Eisenhower Matrix … SWOT Analysis … the Pareto Analysis … and countless more sophisticated models.This is one hasn’t received a lot of attention and while it isn’t exactly a model, it is a simple but useful framework … particularly if you’re struggling…
Is this you? Perhaps it’s all of us at one point or another, but it’s not on the path to the success we’d like to achieve. It can also be linked to imposter syndrome, a condition, simply put, in which people feel their talents are inadequate to the goals they…
I could add further context to today's quotation, but I'd rather have you take the time you would otherwise spend reading ... to consider the powerful ramifications of this adage as you go about your day ... every day.It's Accountability at its most basic level.Embedding this simple mantra into your…
What happened to the simple lessons your parents taught you? You don't want to be this week's whipping boy. The candidate this week seems to be Elon Musk and his purchase of Twitter. (It's amazing the range of negative responses throughout the Twitterverse when he doesn't own it yet and…
How often are you dashing from pillar to post, fighting the clock to get more done?Pretty often I suspect. Today’s quote is a reminder that there might be a better approach, and while it requires a longer-term perspective, it might be a more productive way to direct your life. Are…
You may not have heard this phrase, but it’s from the 1967 film, Cool Hand Luke, a Paul Newman feature that you shouldn’t miss. The dialogue comes from a famous scene where the captain of the prison chain gang extols his charges with his own brand of leadership. “Some men you just can’t…
It’s fascinating to me how our learned behaviors so often get in the way of our otherwise sound instincts. Imposter syndrome is one of these afflictions. Although it is defined in several ways, it refers to a fear of failure and doubts about your capabilities. People who experience that syndrome…
I don’t know of a single leader among the hundreds I’ve coached over the last few decades who wouldn’t nod their head and say something like, “Yup. That’s about right.” when they see this quote from the book, The 4 Disciplines of Execution: You don’t hear leaders saying, “I wish…