Self Leadership

Private Practices for a Public Life
I live a public life. You probably do too. My work consists of meeting after meeting where I’m called on to coach and counsel, speak

How to Change the Habits of Your People (or Yourself!)
Change, like death and taxes, is one thing you can always count on in life and leadership. Especially today in the dynamic marketplace in which

Stop Working on the Weekend!
A few years ago, my wife and I went out to dinner to celebrate our anniversary. When we got to one of our favorite restaurants,

My Most Costly Multitasking Mistake … Almost!
I just landed at O’Hare airport in Chicago. After getting off the airplane, I did three things. I ordered an Uber, read my email, and checked

Executive Presence. Got It? Get It!
This is not a joke. Two leaders walk into a bar. The one, without saying a word, attracts the attention of every person in the

How to Read Like a CEO
It’s not true because it rhymes, but its rhyme helps us remember the truth. And the truth is this: leaders are readers. That is, effective

The Email Workflow Matrix
121, that’s the amount of email business professionals send and receive in an average day, according to the Email Statistics Report published by the Radicoti

Focus and Flow: How to Spend the Time of Your Life
Walk into any mall in any city in America and you’ll be confronted with a dizzying array of things to buy. Clothes, shoes, jewelry, furniture,

The Angry Leader: Critical Lessons from C-Suite Meltdowns
It started with an earthquake. Then came the tsunami. A giant 50-foot wave overwhelmed the seawall at the Fukushima Power Plant and flooded generators cooling

How to Win the Morning: The CEO Solution
There she sat across the table from me. Frazzled, frustrated, and utterly exhausted. This gifted, passionate leader had been the CEO of her company for

Make Your Point in Print: Five Powerful Writing Tricks
There it is: the blank screen. Staring at you. Mocking you. Daring you to write something that will actually be read. Daring you to write
Life and Death and the Meaning of Work
We’re sitting in the third waiting room of the day. The first was not like a waiting room at all. Its high ceilings, ceramic tile