Ralph Simone

What’s Your Energy Level?

LEADERSHIP PRACTICE Seek to understand the situations that boost or drain your energy by keeping an Energy Log for one week. Write down the instances when your energy levels are especially high or low as well and try to identify the related causes and explanations. Describe circumstances such as: What were you doing? Where were…

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How Transparent Are You?

I recently returned from making a presentation and when my team asked me how it went, to their surprise I replied “I think it went too well.” Now you might be wondering how that is possible, so let me explain… I was really in-the-flow and spontaneous, and at times perhaps a little too unfiltered. Overall,…

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Do You Take Resposibility?

MAKING IT STICK; 7 SIMPLE STEPS TO LASTING CHANGE 1. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY KEY POINTS While we use the strong declaration – It is your fault to get your attention, it is not about blame. It is however about personal responsibility and empowerment. When we buy-in that we have attracted most everything that shows up, either…

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Are You 100% Energetically Engaged?

10 CORE DISCIPLINES OF A TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER Discipline 10:  The Transformational Leader is 100% energetically engaged. The Transformational Leader plays full out. He knows that true power can only be achieved through powerful intentions, full commitment, and engaging 100% of his energy into the action.   iPEC

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Are You Present In The Moment?

10 CORE DISCIPLINES OF A TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER Discipline 9:  The Transformational Leader is present in the moment. The transformational leader focuses on one action at a time. She cannot be distracted, as she is totally present to the task and experience at hand. Her intuition is alive and she is open to each event as…

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Do You Have a Sense of Connection?

10 CORE DISCIPLINES OF A TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER. Discipline 8: The Transformational Leaders experiences a sense of connection. The effective leader is aware, not only of the influence each person, place, and thing has on him, but also of his influence on them. He is also aware that no moment occurs in isolation, in that each…

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Are You Confident?

10 CORE DISCIPLINES OF A TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER Discipline 7: The Transformational Leaders is confident.  An effective, transformational leader is the culmination of a life’s work, a master in being. He knows that confidence is an internal capability, and instead of waiting for something to happen to bring confidence, he chooses to create it. Experience (and…

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Are You Fearless?

10 CORE DISCIPLINES OF A TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER Discipline 6:  The Transformational Leader is fearless. The Transformational leader embraces the unknown and takes reasonable chances without fear or doubt. She realizes that fear does not exist in the present moment, and that whatever is unfolding will ultimately serve her. She knows that there is nothing to…

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Are You Authentic?

10 CORE DISCIPLINES OF A TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER  Discipline 5: The Transformational Leader is Authentic. The effective leader understands that while we are always searching for the greatest and most powerful expression of ourselves as people and leaders, we are each a once-in-all-history unique person. As we masterfully walk to the beat of our own drum,…

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Do You Trust The Process?

10 CORE DISCIPLINES OF A TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER Discipline 4: The Transformational Leader trusts the process. The effective leader and athlete trusts the process of change, whether she is learning a new golf swing or engaged in an executive coaching process. Trusting the process means having faith in the commitment to your plan. It could involve…

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