Making Our Reach Exceed Our Grasp
I am often told that a bold suggestion is not possible or practical. The reasons are varied: It will not work in our culture My boss won’t approve it I can’t sell it We aren’t ready for it It is...
View ArticleOn Being Inspired in a Team
In Keith Richards recent autobiography entitled, “Life“, he writes about what it feels like to be inspired as part of a team that is one of the greatest in history – The Rolling Stones. He writes,...
View ArticleWhat the World Needs Now
Don Tapscot, in his recent Huffingtpon Post article reports on the priorities of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Councils. He notes that they are: Growth and Employment Models The policy...
View ArticleSteve Jobs: In the Words of His Sister Mona Simpson
If you haven’t yet read the eulogy for Steve Jobs delivered by his sister, Mona Simpson, take a moment to do so – and be sure to have plenty of Kleenex handy. This is a remarkable piece of writing...
View ArticleA Commitment to Inspire
My friend Debbie Ford sent this as a reminder from Goethe that we are in charge of our lives, and that we alone decide what the outcomes of our lives will turn out to be – today, or for the rest of our...
View ArticleLouisville – A Great City Inspired from Within
Joe Reagan is the President and CEO of Greater Louisville Inc. (Louisville’s Metro Chamber of Commerce) the Southern Indiana and Greater Louisville region’s leading business organization. GLI leads...
View ArticleDoing the Right Thing
I do not often write about my clients as I do not want to appear overly promotional or commercial. We work with some of the best organizations on the planet and many of the finest leaders around. One...
View ArticleThe New Year 2012
“Let us enter the New Year cheerfully. Let us resolve to look on the bright side, to make the best of whatever may befall, to maintain faith that doing the right thing will ultimately bring victory....
View ArticleWisdom from Theodore Roosevelt – Nothing Needs to be Added
It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the...
View ArticleThe Power of Executive Coaching
Mastery in any field is a joy to practice and behold. Masters in every field have a coachin sports, acting, singing, art, music, speech, politics, religion, medicine, and leadership. In fact, one can...
View ArticleInspire Someone Today
Here is a simple idea: If each of us commits to being more inspiring, and we invite all our friends to do the same, and millions do it, we will change the world. Simple, right? Will you make a...
View ArticleThe Growing Challenge in Corporate America
During a conversation today with senior leaders of one of America’s once great companies, I learned of their plans to cut costs during the next fiscal year. After several years of budget cuts, sales...
View ArticleInspiration and Leadership in a Jail
America has become the world’s largest steward of felons with 5% of the world’s population, but 25% of the world’s jailed prisoners – some 6 million people under “correctional supervision”. According...
View ArticleFixing Healthcare
This week I was a surgeon’s patient in the hospital (great job, mending well, nothing serious). Usually, I am advising hospital CEOs and leaders how to transform their cultures, create inspiring...
View ArticleAnnouncing Our New iPhone App
Dear Friends, When I was working in the Czech Republic last year, I met a young team of application developers who loved our Spirit@Work® Cards so much they offered to develop an app for the iPhone and...
View ArticleLet’s Abolish Buzzwords
All of us share the ideal of creating inspiring organizations. But as I travel globally working with corporations, healthcare, academia, politics and not-for-profits I often find myself lost in a sea...
View ArticleRespecting Strengths AND Weaknesses
In 1989 I published a book called “The Way of the Tiger: Gentle Wisdom for Turbulent Times“. In it I put forward a new concept called Values-centered Leadership® designed to overhaul our approach to...
View ArticleDoing the Right Thing
I do not often write about my clients as I do not want to appear overly promotional or commercial. We work with some of the best organizations on the planet and many of the finest leaders around. One...
View ArticleThe New Year 2012
“Let us enter the New Year cheerfully. Let us resolve to look on the bright side, to make the best of whatever may befall, to maintain faith that doing the right thing will ultimately bring victory....
View ArticleWisdom from Theodore Roosevelt – Nothing Needs to be Added
It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the...
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