After 20 years of coaching CEOs from corporations large and small and

in several countries, I believe a differentiating factor in the long term success of busy executives is their ability to stay in touch with the five year old that resides in every adult body.  Responsibilities often burry our inner child under layers of  “shoulds”—...

Robin Hood has been celebrated as a hero since the 12th century. More

Redistribution of wealth, under any name is criminal, immoral, unjust, and plain stupid.  It has never worked, as the rich only have so much that can be stolen.  Wall street occupiers, although busy, seem willing to contribute nothing short of outstretched hands to improve the nation’s economic ills.  Additional wealth  is not being created...

What qualifies an executive coach who authors business books and blog

My vision for this series of postings is to encourage effective leadership at home—help parents transform themselves and their children into vibrant “humans becoming”, rather than stagnant “humans being”, or worse yet,  mind-numbed “humans doing”. The secret to a fulfilled life at home, work, or out in the community...

Today’s workplace doesn’t look like it did just a few years

ago — yet many people are operating from an industrial-age mindset that is no longer reality based. Instead of looking at their job as a business relationship, they view coworkers as family. Instead of questioning their company’s direction and assessing the capability of...

There are many ways to frame the role of leaders.  Differing orientations

My wife, a physician, does  surgery as part of  her practice.  She was recently concerned about what might have been arthritis in the knuckle of her right hand.  Surgery involves delicate movement requiring fine-motor control.  Arthritis could significantly impact her effectiveness.  Is there a corollary for those in leadership positions—is...

As a parent, I know the agony of watching children leave the nest unprepared

—an  opinion they did not share at the time.  There are many pitfalls and traps along life’s way and I wanted to protect them from serious mistakes.  They wanted to leave before I felt they were ready and I tried to hang on long after they’d already gone.  There comes...

You are a human becoming—not a human being.  You might ask, “a human

becoming what?”  That’s a question only you can answer, but rest assured, you are becoming something different than what you currently are (even a corpse changes daily).  I am a human becoming__________.  Fill in the gap, it’s up to you.  You influence your own destiny...

The marketplace is shifting because of global competition and the impact

of digital technology. And, like a wheel within a wheel, so are internal business dynamics. The age-old challenge of managing growth continues—it’s a challenge that eventually confronts every CEO. If the management of corporate growth is not dealt with effectively, the entrepreneur...

When most people think training they envision a classroom with an instructor

,  workbooks, and power point slides.  This scenario does not describe training—it describes education.   There is a place for education,but don’t confuse it with training. When it comes to actually doing a job  rather than just kowing about  it, training is essential...

A great article “Five Companies That Know Why They’re Great,&#

8221; offers several examples of how high-performing companies like Costco have honed in on what makes them great. Costco’s main competitor is Sam’s Club, owned by Walmart. Even though Walmart is retail’s 800-pound gorill, Costco has a higher sales volume and greater profits...