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Recently, I had the opportunity to hear Gary V.. Kevin O’Leary and Tony Robbins speak back to back. Another way to describe this is that I received a power packed, onslaught of valuable self-development. The next day I left the country to take my family on a much needed vacation and digested all the gems Read More
Tag: Leadership
Where’s Your Focus?
Where’s your focus? If you get to the unfiltered answer for this question, it will teach you a lot about yourself. We all choose to focus on different things and it’s what we focus on that predicts what we’ll do, how we’ll do it and ultimately where we’ll go in life. So where’s your Read More
Did You FEED Your Potential Today?
There are a number of self-awareness questions that I ask myself on a routine basis. Of these questions the one I find the most challenging to answer is as follows: Am I reaching my full potential? The reason I find this question difficult to answer, is because I can ask this question of myself to Read More
7 Leadership Lessons from the 2014 Global Leadership Summit
As most of you know, I take personal development and self-improvement very serious. I’m even more passionate about leadership development. Why? Leaders facilitate change. Whether the change is perceived to be positive or negative, typically a leader is always at the helm of initiating that change. Thus, leaders influence the course in which other’s lives Read More
10 Characteristics That Lead To Success
Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to learn from a number of men and women, who have made some outstanding achievements and over the past month, I decided to take some time to review my old notes and reflect on the many lessons I’ve learned from them. The list I’ve shared below are a brief compilation of Read More
A Terrible Mistake Leaders Often Make
As a leader, I find it alarming and disheartening how many leaders make one common mistake. Often this mistake is overlooked by these leaders and repeated by the people they intend to lead. According to research, only 11% of leaders in North America are effective. I would attribute this mistake to that discouraging figure, but Read More
Have Courage – A Tribute to Nelson Mandela
Recently I have questioned my commitment to the ideals I pursue, teach and believe. I would guess that most of us would say, the most provocative question by which we could measure belief is simply, “Would you die for it?” Death for belief has created martyrs, many of whom have names we do not know, Read More
The Internal Serial Killer
Early in my professional career, I was a fairly timid and quiet guy. I was elevated to management, largely due to my knowledge and expertise, but, I lacked the self-confidence to really be labeled a leader. I often struggled when expressing an idea or articulating a point of view, that I knew would not be Read More
What are your guiding principles?
This past Thursday, I was invited to attend an award ceremony to celebrate the induction of three successful business leaders and supporters of Junior Achievement into the Junior Achievement Chicago Business Hall of Fame. One of the laureates of the evening was Roy Carlson, chairman emeritus and founder of TDS (Telephone and Data Systems, Inc., Read More
Pigeonholed?
All of us know or have known someone within our professional lives that is or has been in a pigeonhole (to be stagnate, with little opportunity or growth in your current career for a long period of time). They’re OKAY…sometimes even great at what they do, but lack the attitude, skill, will and/or emotional intelligence Read More