On December 12, ten middle school leadership students and I assisted in a community service event to help those in need over the holidays. The community event was Operation Holiday, which Inter-Faith Ministries, a non-profit organization, sponsors. According to the organization’s web page, “Operation Holiday serves seniors, individuals, and families

Most companies are run by CEOs who can best be described as the alpha male or alpha female of the organization – they are smart, demanding, not averse to risk-taking, and have little patience for talking about people and their feelings. They’re tough, and that’s how they’ve gotten themselves—and their

Entrepreneur quotes from high achievers. Many leaders say they’re born this way. But the truth is that they are driven by passion and a desire to achieve greatness while working hard with a well-developed strategy. However, that doesn’t mean that they didn’t feel pressured and occasionally thought about quitting. Stepping

Leadership communication describes the approach you need to develop and deliver messages that inform, inspire, engage, and unite teams toward achieving your business goals. Effective leadership communication has a clear and critical impact on your organization’s success. Whether you’re running a laundromat, a tech startup, or the next big marketing

Relax, effective leaders. This isn’t going to be another preachy, utopian article about superhuman leaders and their unattainable effectiveness. It’s about taking a few simple steps, starting today, toward being a more effective leader by improving our leadership skills. Buying in and adopting these straightforward actions will have immediate results.

Effective leaders know how to motivate people to want to do what needs to be done by effectively using these three motivational factors. Many people are surprised to discover that money is not one of the top three. Motivating people in the workplace is often linked to money, and with

A transformative experience in my leadership development was with a client that dismissed me from his organization. Here’s What Happened Several years ago, I was conducting a leadership program for a prominent ad agency in the United States. It was clear to me once I started working with the senior

Why do you do your job? For leadership and management opportunities? Something makes you get out of bed every morning and go to work, ready for another day of challenges and accomplishments. Is it the money? Bills that you need to pay? Prestige? Or have you followed a career path

People confuse words often and then unconsciously maintain an association with them. Once you give the word a stable etiquette, you stop searching for its true meaning and use it as it is without thinking of the negative effects it causes. “Boss” and “leader” are commonly misinterpreted pairs of words that