As most of you know, I lost my parents a few years ago. And for those of you who have experienced similar losses, you probably also know that it can be really hard to let go of how things were.  This concept of ‘letting go’ (which of course has become common fodder thanks to the…

I was reading an article a few months ago about a man who was a star athlete in a small town in Texas and at 19 years of age was in a tragic car accident. His 1955 Ford Thunderbird flipped over several times, and he was left a quadriplegic – he literally could move nothing…

Early in my career, a very dear and special mentor taught me a very important lesson. He said: the value you place on yourself, is the value the market will place on you (aka: what you are worth). This concept can be harder to embrace than one may think. It takes confidence, truthful assessment, courage,…

Why is it that if the people ‘on the company bus’ are a company’s most important asset, they are not treated as such? Even through the pandemic, we would hope our perspectives would have changed. However, many companies with which I work have tightened their reins, not loosened them.  Does it matter? You better believe…

I am a huge believer that the questions we ask ourselves and others throughout our lives inform our decisions, our priorities, and ultimately our outcomes. In fact, in one aspect of my business, using provocative questioning is the cornerstone of being an effective leadership coach and executive consultant. It is NOT about me having all the…

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As we enter the month of July (hard to believe how fast this year is going!), I wanted to share a few perspectives which have impacted my life, especially in the past few years. These are particularly relevant for those of us over a certain age, who may need a reboot or even a re-direction…

Recently, I have been engaged with a few organizations and teams who are struggling to build good working environments. We have all heard the adage ‘teamwork makes the dream work’ and this most certainly is true. Most of us have been members of teams and organizations that were, in a word, dysfunctional. No one was happy. Everyone was competing for…

Twenty years ago, I founded my company Alignment, Inc. because I was (am) so passionate about this philosophy. And I was not alone. Not long after I founded this company and began to write about Alignment, Oprah also echoed this approach: “The secret is alignment: when you know for sure that you’re on course, and doing…

Recently, I have been working with a number of individuals elevated to heightened roles of leadership. It has been fascinating to watch the behaviors they believe demonstrate leadership. It is sometimes alarming and unsettling – and their teams are equally curious about how they should respond to their approaches. Though there have been thousands of…