DO IT FOR THE WRONG REASON Isn’t it better to do something good for the wrong reason than not at all? For example, practicing something good like virtue, to be more ‘effective’, rather than to build stronger character, which some might say is practicing virtue for the wrong reason. Our minds can go many different […]
Why is it, that we give great, usable feedback (I think) and don’t ask for it enough ourselves? This week I received some feedback from a colleague on messaging for the authenticleadershipfoundation.org I recently formed with a group of colleagues. After making changes using their feedback, I thought to myself, how come I haven’t asked […]
In marketing, one of the current buzz-words is ‘persona’. Persona? For example, you create a persona of your best client so you can tailor your marketing efforts towards those that match that persona. For the marketing folks out there – am I missing anything? OK, so your persona is made-up many things and some of […]
Yesterday was a long day like most of us experience weekly. It started at 5am to finish preparing for an 8am meeting. It ended with being a timer at a youth swim meet for 3 hours and then accompanying one of my kids at almost 10pm, who’d been hired by one of the neighbors to […]
How many times a week do I ‘take the bait’? What I mean is how many times do I respond to emotion with some of our own and achieve less than the desired result? How do I stop it? On the last mile, on the last day of a grueling, 10-day canoeing trip in the […]
Moving From ‘Little Picture to Big Picture’ for Growth Moving from ‘little picture to big picture’ for growth can be made by simply changing your ‘why’ for growth. What do you do to change your ‘why’ and move from ‘little picture to big picture’? You change ‘why’ you practice a technique to improve your skill. […]
I spoke with a CEO of a global company in Asia last night that has invested in becoming a certified executive coach himself. He’s the first CEO I’ve met with coaching credentials… After our meeting, here’s what came to mind: 1. even someone invested in helping his team members become their best selves like this […]
Here’s what I think. The foundation that authentic leadership is built upon is, you guessed it, humility, but here’s where I mess it up. I tend to lightly check the box on humility. Then, give-in to my biology or instinct and launch myself into building my next success when I should be descending… Descending? Yep, […]
We were taught to focus on profit as the measure of success. The reality is we know plenty of people who are successful and not satisfied with their life. Wouldn’t you agree Fullness is the true measure of success? A Full LIFE is serving our purpose as we all know. What we may not all […]
Authentic leadership is always good, true and attractive. There is no authenticity without the habit of virtue. There is no authentic leadership without character. There is no character without exercising virtue. Studies support that many employees would forego a raise to have an authentic leader for a boss… Can’t you do both? The link to […]
