You don’t need to agree. But don’t offend! We live in a world where offense is becoming more and more the norm. If you say aqua, and I say blue-green, then you are obviously blind. You can’t see [...]
Change your Behavior for Good! At Transforming Leadership we have three magic words: Intentional, Behavior, and Effectiveness. After all, your effectiveness is based simply on your behaviors. [...]
In past blog posts we have talked about vision and the White Board Exercise. The next leadership step following establishing a vision (whether it be a corporate vision or a department vision) is [...]
I have been in countless meetings over the years where the focus of the meeting was either a Profit & Loss or sales numbers, and the gist of the meetings was driving home the importance of [...]
I was recently at a client event and the conversation came around to the subject of leadership trust. Actually, the conversation focused on one individual that every member of the group [...]
Last week I gave you the 8-Step Best Practices for Effective Meetings, and made some strong comments on how ineffective most meetings are, and what a waste of time they are. The feedback we have [...]
Here is a quick quiz: Sit down right now and write down the names of the five people that you spend the most time with. Go! Don’t overthink it! Work or home, it doesn’t matter how you know them. [...]
Meetings!!! Stop the madness! Too many meetings with too little result. There are few things that strike terror into leaders and managers like the dreaded…MEETING. Okay, maybe not terror. Maybe [...]
With any decision there are both tangible and intangible costs. Frequently the tangible costs are easy to identify and measure. For instance, with a job change there is the pay rate, possible [...]
If you are overwhelmed, working harder is not the answer. You need to change your approach. Sometimes the only answer is to slow down long enough to identify why you keep getting overwhelmed. Do [...]