On February 4-11, 1945, Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin came together

for a conference at Yalta to decide the shape and fate of Central and Eastern Europe. In what many call a ‘sell-out’, Roosevelt gave in to Stalin’s insistence that Russia be given de facto control over the countries falling inside what he considered a ‘safety...

The recent shootings in Aurora Colorado caused many to reflect on the

issues of trust and fear. Trust usually commands very little of our attention—even though it often involves matters of life and death. For example; we put faith in the weight bearing capacity of a ladder, we assume that fellow drivers will stay in their lane.  We trust that pharmaceutical...

Everybody has the same amount of time.  The real issue isn’t time…

it’s about commitments. You can’t “manage” time.  It is what it is and does what it does, regardless of what we do.  We can however, manage commitments, promises and our agreements.  Your organizational life is composed of making, managing, modifying, and keeping or...

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”—...

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...

 I was impacted by yesterday’s post in Branding Strategy Insider

, titled “Building trust in your brand”. It took me back to the days when as CEO of Achieve, I coached high powered executives all over the world. The first character trait I wanted to clarify was, does this person live at the extreme (either end) of their trust continuum...