Recently, I had a colleague tell me a story which hit me square between the eyes. It shed light on a glaring realization and lesson which I feel compelled to offer, and from which we can all learn. Here is the story: His friend, with whom he was in business, betrayed him through omission to […]
This weekend I happened to watch a recorded episode of Dan Rather’s ‘The Big Interview’. Dan was interviewing Lindsey Buckingham. For my younger readers, Lindsey Buckingham is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and producer, who is best known as the lead guitarist and one of the vocalists of the musical group Fleetwood Mac from 1975 […]
As most of you know, Hewlett-Packard was my first alma mater. In responding to your requests to outline key points and pointers relative to leadership, I began to craft my thoughts when I remembered an article I wrote several years ago which highlighted our founder’s wisdom relative to leadership. From my perspective, Bill Hewlett and Dave […]
How many times have we had someone say to us or about us: “Oh, what you are facing is really not that big of a deal – you will be fine” or “Lots of people have faced situations like yours…it is not that big a deal”? I have been astonished at how calloused and unconcerned […]
When I formed Alignment, Inc. almost 10 years ago, the word (and concept) of ‘alignment’ were, for the most part, reserved for body shops and chiropractors! Yet, successful leaders and my senior leader/CEO friends LOVED the concept as they said THAT is what distinguishes successful leaders, organizations, cultures, and strategies. Of course, I could not […]
This updated post is being offered again by popular demand of my clients and avid readers. This article was spawned from several recent experiences of my clients, of what I will term ‘shady integrity.’ Much has been written about integrity. In fact, in the hundreds of team meetings and board retreats I have facilitated, integrity is, seldom, NOT […]
One thing is for certain: we are all mortal and we will all die. We don’t know when or how – yet, the truth is that death is inevitable. Many of us have had more than one ‘wake-up call’ relative to this reality. A dear friend or neighbor may have passed away earlier than expected. […]
Over the past decade, I have had the privilege of working alongside our educational system coaching (and teaching) leadership principles to the senior leaders in our educational institutions from New York City to the Rio Grande Valley. It has been an amazing experience, which has tremendously enriched my life and fulfilled my professional career. Recently, […]
Over the past decade, I have built a company committed to helping individuals, from all walks of life, become the most successful, inspirational, and authentic leaders possible. It has been a humbling privilege to learn from and contribute to their journeys. Recently, a senior leadership team, with whom I have been working, asked me for […]
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 ‘team work 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. …