Self Governance

Those who can’t manage themselves can’t be expected to manage anything else either.

Beliefs Are Sticky And They’re Costing You the Next Big Breakthrough

Self Governance

Many widely popular ideas initially were so incredibly unpalatable that they were rejected outright. George Bernard Shaw once said something to this effect: new ideas find resistance in our psyche because they go against intuition. It’s natural. If someone told you to drink blood soup, you’d recoil. It sounds abhorrent. That’s how the human mind […]

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6 Ways Leaders Communicate Authentically to Inspire Others

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Self Governance, Small Business

People put up with a lot of quirks in their leaders and coworkers just to reduce the drama and keep the peace. But lack of sincerity grates on the nerves. It’s like trying to satisfy hunger with cotton candy. Two good questions to ask yourself periodically: What communication sound insincere? How can I become more

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Doing Well by Doing Good and Other Lessons Learned from 30 Years as CEO

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Self Governance, Strategy

For more than 30 years, Lynne Katzmann has led Juniper Communities, a public company and leader in seniors housing, by prioritizing doing well by doing good. Profits matter (she has investors, after all), but so does providing high-quality care and innovative services for her residents. It’s a “walking the talk” mindset that attracts professionals with

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Is Your Communication Direct—Or Downright Damaging?

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Sales, Self Governance, Small Business

Leaders like to think they know when and how to be direct. They should. Direct communication is good. Damaging communication, on the other hand, can destroy a relationship, partnership, sale, or reputation forever. Why does one listener consider a comment “over-the-top” disrespectful, while another listener interprets the same remark as just “firm,” straightforward, even prudent? 

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10 Leadership Communication Habits That Ruin Relationships

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Self Governance

Few people admit to poor communication habits—much less habits that can cost them a promotion, a job, or a deal. Yet we’ve all seen the following bad habits in colleagues from time to time—and for some, they occur on a daily basis.  Guard against letting these creep into your own interactions with staff, peers, or

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4 Myths About How Executives Become Engaging Speakers

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Self Governance, Small Business

Jason, an executive client, shared his new year’s goal with me:  “I want to become a more inspiring speaker so that my employees really catch the vision for this upcoming year and get engaged.” Sounds worthwhile. Here’s the backstory:  According to his CEO, Jason, who’d stepped in as plant manager three years earlier, was not

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4 Ways to Lead People You Don’t Like

Editors, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Self Governance

At some point in your career, you’re going to find yourself leading a team, department, division, or organization where you’re working with an employee who irritates you. Sometimes you know why. Often you don’t. When analyzing that negative gut reaction to yourself, you may label that person “slick,” “arrogant,” “self-righteous,” “lazy,” “pretentious,” “sniveling,” “aggressive,” “presumptuous,”

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Why Networks and Networking Are Not the Same

Self Governance

James Millar, Author, Building Bridges: The Case for Executive Peer Networks It’s no surprise that many people avoid professional “networking” activities. As a team of researchers reported in the May 2016 Harvard Business Review: “We know that [networking is] critical to our professional success, yet we find it taxing and often distasteful.” These scholars found that negative

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You’ve Reached the Top. Now What? Pointers for Facing Life After the C-Suite

Leadership, Self Governance

Nick Craig, President, Core Leadership Institute Congratulations: You’re at the top of your organization or field. CEO, CFO, chairperson, award winner… Most executives and high-achievers have a predictable narrative as to how they expect their journey to turn out, from moving up the ranks in their organizations to reaching a coveted position, often with a fancy

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