The topic of today’s Two-Minute Leadership Talk, our final video in The Big Six® series, is “Balance.” What do I mean by that? I’m talking about the balance between the two spheres of Personal and Professional life. It’s more than just balancing the personal and the professional, though: it’s about maintaining energy. In this video, … Read more
In this Two Minute Leadership Talk video blog, the topic is “Trust and Empower.” I’ll discuss the importance of being willing to “hand over the keys” to your team. If you can’t step away without feeling uncomfortable, you may need to rethink how you’ve trained your organization.’ You can view the video blog here: This … Read more
I’ve always admired the gymnasts who could master the balance beam, because they seem so agile, conducting complex movements on a 4-inch wide strip of wood (to be precise, Wikipedia says the actual width is 3.9”). These athletes display remarkable grace and calm in the midst of what must be intense pressure to achieve perfection … Read more
After you’ve set your organization’s goals, the next step is to listen. In this Two Minute Leadership Talk video blog, I’ll discuss in detail the steps your leadership needs to learn and demonstrate in listening. In becoming better listeners, you will create a good standard for your entire organization to follow. The above video, “Listen Two … Read more
Most of us were raised as leaders to “figure it out,” right? Later in life, when we didn’t have enough information to make good decisions, we defaulted back to this guidance. And not much good came of those decisions. So now that we’re in senior leadership positions, why do we give others the same instructions? … Read more
What direction is your team heading? Do you know? What is your organization’s Azimuth? Just what exactly is an Azimuth, anyway? An Azimuth is the cardinal direction of your organization that focuses on your mission, intent, values, and culture. Learn more in this video: This is part of my series of Two-Minute Leadership video blogs. … Read more
