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One of my clients recently confided how stressed he was with what seemed to be a revolving door of priorities. He’d get things handled and then management would issue another set of priorities, or worse yet, change the priorities before he was able to handle the previous “#1” issue(s). He was already working 12-hour days […]

You’ve heard of trickle-down economics. Well now there’s trickle-down leadernomics, a concept I literally just made up for this blog :). While a little tongue-in-cheek, trickle-down leadernomics aptly illustrates my point. Whatever kind of leadership is demonstrated at the top – good or bad – is guaranteed to be mimicked as role models throughout the […]

I can hear the groans now. If you’re like most, your 8 to 10 hour workday is more consumed with long-winded meetings than time to actually do your job. You know the types of meetings I’m referring to . . . the ones where everyone “waits their turn” to talk and then tunes out; or […]

If you’re like most people going through yet another program on leadership development, you may be growing frustrated, even annoyed. What is this guy going to do that the last guy couldn’t? I get it. This is the nature of the beast for consultants. You’re trying to figure out how I’m different than previous leadership […]

Interesting question but how could you ever care too much? Isn’t caring what our emotionally-detached, “all-about-me” society needs a lot more of today? While I agree that our world can benefit from more people that care, I’m actually talking about when you care “toooooooooo” much, to the point that you care more than the people […]

That’s a pretty heavy title! But, if you’re in the business world, you know exactly what I’m talking about. Today’s hypercompetitive, lay-off –happy, and over-connected society has created some of the most cutthroat competition and business practices than most of us have ever seen. The root causes are many . . . globalization, increased information […]

I have yet to encounter a truly negative, bad intentioned human being. I’ve discovered that everyone, regardless of how unhealthy they might be acting, has good intentions behind their actions. The causes of the conflict usually arise from breakdown in communication or misaligned priorities… individuals are satisfying their (own) primary responsibilities, are protecting their “turf,” […]

I’ve been a leadership consultant for almost a decade. Through thousands of hours of trial and tribulation, success and failure, and many late nights; I have honed my craft to what’s impactful – and what isn’t – in the realm of strategic leadership and organizational health. Fortunately, demand is growing but I’m facing a very […]

My mom was only 32 years old when she uprooted herself and eight of her 10 kids out of Vietnam back in 1975. Once the Unites States forces left, there was no stopping The Viet Cong from taking over the rest of the country. We weren’t safe. No one was. We left everything behind including […]