A challenge many leaders (especially senior leaders) have and may not recognize are the blind spots created by their high level of competence and success. In order to earn their positions, Leaders have typically learned and developed the skills required and demonstrated a high level of competence...

Biggest career mistake to date…not getting a coach sooner!

I’ve made plenty of mistakes throughout my career that span from my early career overconfidence to inadequate management of people at the start, to ultimately allowing myself to become so stressed I experienced burnout. But...

Over five years ago, on a super-hot day in June, I sat in a Las Vegas conference room at the SHRM Annual Conference. The room was filled beyond capacity with people sitting on the floors and leaning against walls around the entire room. All these...

As the seasons change, nature provides us valuable lessons should we choose to notice and learn from them. Each fall, the wind blows and the leaves on the trees tremble in response as the cold air of fall descending on the forest. The trees respond slowly…disconnecting and dropping their...

Evolving: Develop gradually, especially from simple to a more complex form

As human beings our most basic purpose is to evolve as a species. We all know through centuries we have evolved to our current state of existence. If you look at any IQ chart tracking the intelligence of people...