Leadership Development Posts

What’s the most important investment you can make?

Are you investing in your employees and yourselves personal development? Or, with the economy, is this an area you have consciously cut back? In a recent article from The American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), executives report a... Read More »

The Trilateral Leadership Ledger

Happy New Year! We hope you had some enjoyable time off over the Christmas and New Years holidays.  Additionally, we hope that you had time to do some personal reflection and are getting your goals and personal development plan... Read More »

You’re Either Growing or Dying – Which is it?

Early on in my career, I was at an offsite meeting for up and coming leaders and the CEO of our company (we’ll call Dave, not his real name) made a comment that has always stuck with me. Dave... Read More »

The Five Temptations of a CEO

One of my favorite authors is Patrick Lencioni.  I find all of his books to be very easy reads and truly applicable to leaders ranging from billion dollar corporations to small business owners looking to improve their leadership skills. ... Read More »

The Productivity Loop

Recently, I have had the opportunity to read Chris Brady’s book, RASCAL.  In this book, Brady defines key characteristics of a Rascal Leader and even has a self-assessment for testing your “rascalinity”.  Brady’s humor and passion clearly make this... Read More »

So, what do killer whales have to do with training humans?

Recently, I have had the opportunity to read some of Ken Blanchard’s books and share time with a few leaders in one of his organizations.  One of the things which has become quite obvious through my studies is why... Read More »

It’s About The Experience!

When you go to McDonalds, why do you go there?  Is it for the great hamburgers?  Maybe the great icy coke, thick shakes, sundae’s, or apple pies?  Or, maybe, it’s none of these and it’s really about the “experience”. ... Read More »

12 Words That Will Change Your Life & Business Forever

As many of our followers are aware, we are members of Truth@Work which is a non-profit organization founded in 1998. Their focus is to develop products, programs, and services designed to help Christian business leaders integrate their faith into... Read More »

Your Team is “Dysfunctional”!

Yes, it takes a lot to admit it; however, it’s true.  Mom always told me if I couldn’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.  Well, I have since learned that words spoken with the intent of building... Read More »

How’s your “EGO”?

In their book, Lead Like Jesus, Ken Blanchard & Phil Hodges provide “lessons for everyone from the greatest leadership role model of all time”.  One of these lessons centers around “EGO”. Yes, we all have one and we all... Read More »