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 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...
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...
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...
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,...
Management. On its own, that doesn’t sound so bad, does it? Management usually carries a positive connotation: things are organized, people are guided, clients are served, and order is maintained. But add one little prefix, and the whole picture changes....
A recent TalentLMS survey of 1,000 U.S. employees revealed that more than half (54%) have experienced quiet cracking in the workplace, with one in five reporting it happens to them frequently or even constantly. I read that statistic and had to pause. I had heard of...
“If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.” You’ve probably heard that said, and nowhere is it truer than in leadership. One of the most challenging aspects a leader can face is having clear goals and a vision without the necessary skills to...
If a fear is unspoken, can it really be that big of a problem? The truth is, unspoken fears probably account for more problems in the workplace than those that are openly discussed. The ones that are talked about can be brought into the light, managed, and attended...
Fear has a way of telling convincing stories, but they aren’t always truthful. In fact, according to multiple studies on anxiety and overthinking, as many as 85% of the things we are afraid of never happen. Imagine what your life would be like if you had known your...
Originally Published: June 27, 2016 Life is noisy. Blaring news stations, cars honking their horns, your kids pulling at your pant leg, conversations happening here, there, and everywhere. In the silence, you may find that even your mind gets a little loud from time...
You may be wondering what makes me any kind of authority on difficult conversations, but I’ll tell you, there was a time in my life when it seemed like that was all I had. As the co-CEO of Primerica during the period when we were trying to separate from Citigroup, I...