Lead On! gives you bursts of original thinking in a fast-read format. Each issue offers a few crisp insights, a lesson learned from mistakes made, and one research-backed tool you can implement immediately to help you professionally and personally.
I spent three decades in the corporate world, for the most part really liking what I did. But if I'm being 100 percent honest, toward the end of my time in corporate, a … [Read more...]
Part of true leadership is caring about your employee's career as much as you do about your own. I've been privileged to help employees achieve their career … [Read more...]
Success is no cakewalk. It takes every ounce of perseverance and strength you've got. That includes mental strength. And some people seem to have an advantage here, … [Read more...]
Some things in life you just don't learn until later on. Some of the biggest impact my parents had on me didn't become clear until I started parenting my … [Read more...]
Microsoft is on a roll again under the leadership of CEO Satya Nadella. I gave a keynote address at their Redmond, Washington, headquarters in June and was struck by a … [Read more...]
To maximize success at work and in life requires mastering your reaction to the impediments that most commonly pop up and having a system for quickly putting … [Read more...]
Procter & Gamble CEO A.G. Lafley once told me that 90 percent of his job was trying to communicate. That's the case for many business leaders who spend a … [Read more...]
I'm convinced that two things will be the death of us all. Number one: death. Number two: meetings. There's an overwhelming amount of data on how meetings are not only not … [Read more...]
When it comes to discerning the behaviors and traits of the most successful people, there is no shortage of information available on the topic. And part of being a great … [Read more...]
Being an effective communicator is key to getting ahead at work. And a big part of that is knowing what not to communicate--i.e. what buzzwords to avoid, … [Read more...]
