Disciplined Leadership: Creating the Culture of Discipline

This is the first in a series of blogs on the theme of ‘Disciplined Leadership.’   Ask yourself: Does your company have a ‘culture of discipline’? Specifically, do you and your teammates do the right thing when no one is looking? Do you and your team gravitate towards the harder right rather than the easier … Read more

The Groco ‘American Dreams’ Show

A few months ago, I was a guest on the Groco ‘American Dreams‘ program. ‘Groco’ is Greenstein, Rogoff, Olsen & Co., LLP — a Certified Public Accounting firm located in the Silicon Valley region of the San Francisco Bay Area, serving high net worth individuals. Alan Olsen is managing partner at Groco, and has hosted … Read more

Psychological Safety: What Leadership Programs Really Work?

“What Leadership Programs Really Work? Components of The Best Leadership Development Programs” – This is the second entry in a series of blogs about the leadership concept of psychological safety. “Survival of the fittest is not the same as survival of the best. Leaving leadership development up to chance is foolish.”  – Morgan McCall The … Read more

Psychological Safety: The Power of the Positive Climate

“The Power of the Positive Climate” – This is the first entry in a series of blogs about the leadership concept of psychological safety. “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” — Helen Keller There’s a considerable body of evidence that positivity is contagious — which makes me wonder why … Read more