Best Practices
7 Surprising Reasons to Hire an Executive Coach
Hiring an executive coach is a big decision. Let’s face it: we typically don’t come cheap. But the transformations that can occur as a result of hiring an executive coach can be profound. Here are seven surprising…
Is Work and Life Balance Possible?
Is there really a routine we can develop that will devote enough time to our work and family? The discussion involving what you can do to stay organized and learn balance has a wide range…
Leadership Skills: 5 Key Ingredients of Courageous Leaders
A great leader knows how to get the best out of their people. Through strong, clear guidance, they enable others to walk tall and achieve success in many ways. Courageous leaders are inspirational. That isn’t…
The Secret to Putting Your Best Foot Forward
How do you perform at your best? How do you start and finish your day with an attitude that looks forward to the next thing? The following secret is used by top executives around the…
5 Tips to Make You More Efficient
Today’s work environments are so stressful that if you’re not going to employ some form of a strategy you can easily be swallowed in the quicksand of work productivity. You may think that you are…
4 Important Reasons a Leader Embraces Change
There is a distinct difference between managers and leaders—one of them being how they deal with organizational change. A leader has an entirely different vision to that of a manager. Managers fear change because it upsets…
Advice for Future Leaders
Recently, for a magazine article on leadership, I was asked for my top three pieces of advice to future leaders: The first was to understand that Dale Carnegie totally had it right 80 years ago when…
How Do You Measure Your Effectiveness as a Leader?
There are many roads to Rio, so they say. But there is one overwhelming method of appraising the effectiveness of a business leader. Outcomes. We can invent lots of metrics to measure progress for a…
6 Secrets to Maximizing Your Day
When you’re running your own business, you don’t always have organized procedures in place to complete each project efficiently. You have to develop these systems over time as your company becomes more successful and profitable….
How to Become a Leader if You Struggle with Perfectionism
I had a conversation with a friend recently about her career. She’s in a situation where she knows she has a ton of qualities that would make her a great leader at her company. The…
