A Corporate Killer

A Corporate Killer

What do Jeff Bezos, Peloton (the fitness startup) and the stock market have in common?  Change, massive change.

Bezos’ life is going through a major upheaval.  (Divorce, from what I’ve been told, is rarely fun). Even the richest man on the planet (for the time being) experiences ongoing challenge.  Professionally and personally.

Peloton, a true “unicorn” that is transforming the fitness industry, vertically integrates proprietary technological software, hardware, fitness products, content, music and retail.  The major global manufactures of stationary bikes and ...

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22
JAN
0

Leadership Development, Performance Management, Strategy Execution

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Predict Your Future

Predict Your Future

The world is an amazingly complex place.  Thousands if not millions of variables are constantly in play producing our “reality.”

Predicting your future is, however, relatively easy to do.  Changing your future takes a bit more work.   The great news, it can be done.  Let’s break things down and develop a plan to co-create desired outcomes.

To predict your future, we simply need to understand Newtown’s first law of motion.  It states “An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays ...

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7
OCT
0

Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Performance Management

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Becoming the Best

Becoming the Best

One of the grandest challenges every executive to front-line manager faces is optimizing human potential.  In today’s fast paced, every changing business environment, fueling exceptional performance requires well-honed skills and a never-ending commitment to providing positive energy to those we lead.

How then can impact leaders influence other’s performance?  Before offering a simple yet not simplistic solution, here are a few “old school” approaches to flush down the toilet.

Expecting Respect – Respect has always and will forever be earned.  Peer-to-peer or ...

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31
OCT
0

Leadership Development, Performance Management, Strategy Execution

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The Best of Both

The Best of Both

“A true leader is determined not by the number of followers one has, a true leader is determined by the number of leaders one creates.”

“A true sales professional is determined not by the number of customers one has, a true sales professional is determined by the number of relationships one creates.”

Yes, metrics matter. Yet, over a successful career, what is most admired in highly successful professionals is the positive influence they have on other people’s lives. As we grow professionally ...

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18
SEP
0

Leadership Development, Selling

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Six Strategy Secrets

Six Strategy Secrets

Building a company without a strategy is like building a custom-built house without a blueprint. Your “carpenters” (employees) can pound nails all day long but the owner / CEO will likely not like the finished product. Worse, if the executive team is not aligned, is it any wonder desired results fail to materialize?

Here are six startling statistics specific to strategy execution.

1.  87% of Strategy Plans Don’t Work – According to a leading global management-consulting firm; the large majority of companies ...

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15
FEB
0

Leadership Development, Performance Management, Strategy Execution

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Make a Massive Impact

Make a Massive Impact

How can individuals demonstrate their personal power in positive ways? Here is a quick list and a wonderful message to conclude the year.

Select three that resonate with you and create something cool.

  • Be curious
  • Smile at strangers
  • Show compassion
  • Learn something new…then teach it to another
  • Turn up your energy
  • Write a note of thanks
  • Play with your pet
  • Sit in nature and stare
  • Call and old friend
  • Be vulnerable
  • Be contrarian
  • Go within
  • Act as if…
  • Be original
  • Trust the universe
  • Communicate with candor
  • Radiate love
  • Accept others where they are
  • Commit to something bigger than yourself
  • Empower others
  • Play
  • Follow ...
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13
DEC
0

Executive Coaching, Leadership Development

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What is Wisdom?

What is Wisdom?

Noun

  • The quality of having experience, knowledge and good judgment, the quality of being wise
  • The soundness of an action or decision with regard to the application of experience, knowledge and good judgment

Have we finally reached the stage of human evolution where we can rise beyond animalistic tendencies of kill or be killed?   By looking around the world today, many would quickly conclude the answer is no.  I know different.

There are many, many incredibly gifted and passionate people “waking up” to ...

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3
NOV
0

Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Performance Management, Strategy Execution

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