Archive for the ‘Accountability’ Category

Leadership Strategies: Better to Make Headlines or Make a Difference?

Monday, July 12th, 2010

 

Last week the buzz about Jon Gosselin participating in our Total Leadership Connections program was over the top. The fact that I am presently outlining a yet to be names book with him drew lots of attention.

 

Jon and I talked about what the pull is to check out his every move. I became intrigues with the types of media comments from folks who picked up the initial article and put their own spin to it.

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What Do Coaches Coach?

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

 

This past week has been fascinating in terms of learning how the media works. It is not so much having something written about me, that has been done and it is always fun to see a book review about “Don’t Bring It to Work” or an article like the one in The Wall Street Journal a month ago.

 

That is so different from what has happened this week. I was asked to do an interview with radaronline.com. It is not the usual place you will find me. However, there I was talking with a reporter about one of the participants in our Total Leadership Connections program.

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Lindsey Lohan: Patterns that Repeat

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

 

Why do we do the same things over and over and expect different results? Einstein called this the definition of insanity!

 

I was deeply saddened to see that Lindsey Lohan is going the route that leads to a dead end path. Better if she could be helped to get to the root of what is driving her. It will not happen in jail or in traditional rehab. Her father Michael went that route and, as he said on Larry King Live, it didn’t get to the root of his personal issues.

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Battling Women and Windmills

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

 

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson

In our Total Leadership Connections program we teach participants to go beyond the obvious, that leadership in any field requires deep thought; superficial considerations are merely not enough.

 

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Pay Attention

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

 

This is a time to really, really look at the meaning of success, of relationship, and in honor of the Fourth of July, of freedom.

 

Please go to Examiner.com where I am a writer and check out the blog I did about Jon Gosselin who is in our Total leadership Connections program. Jon lives in Pa. and has been on the reality series “Jon and Kate Plus Eight” where we all had the opportunity to watch sextuplet and twin Gosselins grow and flourish.

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Leadership Alert: We Have A Pattern Spill!!!

Friday, June 18th, 2010

 

In “Don’t Bring It to Work” I discuss the 13 behavior patterns that follow us from our original organization, the family into our work organization.

 

The BIG, I mean BIG question is “Why do we keep doing the same things over and over and over and over and over“?

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Leadership Conversations: To Tell the Truth

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

 

I just finished leading a tele-seminar with CTO’s from companies throughout the country.

 

The theme was about how to be the best, most self aware leaders so they could handle the people part of their job with ease and dignity.

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Leadership Dilemma: When Employees Resist Change

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

 

I was taking some quiet time of reflection, great with a three day week-end. It is hard to believe Herb and I started CEOinc twenty five years ago. Neither of us feels like we have aged too much although I recently saw a video where I was talking about some of the stories of triumphant transformation of clients and all I could see was my neck needed a nip and a tuck.

 

I digress.

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Leadership and “It’s All About Me”

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

 

Think about a moment when someone is judging a situation that seems untenable and you think “What did I do to make this so awful?”

 

Happens to the best of us; happens to all of us. What is the best way to handle the emotions that bubble up? Many become “the stuffers” and let the unpleasant feelings gurgle and gnaw at the solar plexus right above the stomach. That is why anti-acids are such great over the counter sellers.

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Ya Never Know!!

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

 

I was sitting at my computer writing away when the rain started and the wind blew. It had been sunny only moments earlier. I kept writing, intent about getting the article finished before going to present at a local leadership seminar.

 

Then I heard a thud. I stopped to explore. The big wind was busy whirling and letting us all know it was in charge.

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