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Strong Leadership Starts with Personal Well-Being
In a world where more than half of leaders tell researchers they’re feeling burned out, leadership sure doesn’t feel like what it used to. It’s taken a long while for the words “self-care” to make their way into the leadership vocabulary I grew up around, where the...
The Spirit of Christmas Past, Present, and Future
Every December, it feels like life hands us a pause button. Even if the calendar stays full, something about the lights, the music, the familiar rituals nudges us to slow down just long enough to take stock of where we've been, where we are, and where we're heading...
The Best Children’s Books for Growing Leaders
The holidays have always been one of my favorite times of year. Families gather, schedules slow down, and life settles into a gentler rhythm. It is a season that invites us to reflect on who we are, who we are becoming, and what really matters. Over the years, I have...
The Power of Personalized Recognition in Leadership
Recognition. We are all prompted to seek it in our early years. Public recognition might make some of us uncomfortable, but most people love personal recognition. It means, “I see you. I see your effort. I noticed your try, and I am grateful for how you’re showing...
The Power of Compassion for the Holidays
If you read my book Real Leadership, you might remember that the holiday season is my favorite time of year. Something about those Norman Rockwell paintings that just used to come to life during Thanksgiving and Christmas has stuck with me since then. It’s a time when...
Real Leadership in a Changing World
In the 80s and 90s, sci-fi movies like RoboCop, Demolition Man, Blade Runner, Total Recall, and The Terminator were Hollywood blockbusters. Those films painted a pretty dramatic picture of the future, one full of robots, machines, and technology run amok. Back then,...