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Are You Distracted by Technology?
LEADERSHIP PRACTICE Pay attention to your communication patterns by noticing and tracking how you are enabling and disabling yourself with technology. If you tend to use technology to streamline your own productivity and efficiency, what is the cost associated with being less present and unintentionally damaging relationships? Simply track how often you are distracted by technology,…
Effective Leaders Keeping it Real – Bill Berthel’s TEDx talk
Bill Berthel – “Effective Leaders Keeping it Real” Bill shares his ideas that effective leaders are not too optimistic but realistic about the potential outcomes of what they are leading. As a Core Energy Leadership Coach, Bill enjoys working with people who seek higher levels of awareness and consciousness in leadership roles. Development in their…
The Inner Pilot Light
Have you ever had the pilot light of your stove or hot water tank go out? What did you do? If you’re like me, you initially called your father, but ultimately you lit a match to reignite the flame. This reminds me of a saying that a former boss used to share regarding problem solving,…
Slow Down to Go Faster – Ralph Simone’s TEDx talk
Ralph Simone – “Slow Down to Go Faster: The Power of Pause” Inspired by actor, martial artist, and philosopher Chuck Norris, and based on research from the Slow Movement in Italy, Ralph Simone of Emergent shares the practices that will get you into “flow” state and optimize your performance simply by slowing down. “Our…
What’s The Deal With Empathy?
Ok, I’m just going to say it….if you are working on leadership development, emotional intelligence is a crucial part of any leader’s developmental strategy. And if we agree on that, the next step is to acknowledge that empathy is a key component of emotional intelligence. I personally have had a lot of questions about empathy…
Everyday Compassion
The past couple weeks I have been amazed by the compassion shown by businesses, individuals, and actors during and after the hurricanes in Texas, Louisiana and Puerto Rico and the shooting in Las Vegas. A furniture store owner offered his entire complex to those in need of a place to stay; people waited in seemingly…
The Nudge – A Leadership Practice
“The Nudge” is a leadership practice to remind the busy leader that each moment is a “teachable” moment for both teacher and student. Every day we have chance encounters with strangers, passing conversations with neighbors and routine contacts with our friends, colleagues or customers. If you think they don’t matter, consider this: A ball placed…
Performance Management
A cornerstone of continuous improvement philosophy is “we improve and maintain what we measure.” Minimally, measuring the performance in an organization informs leadership of the outcomes of efforts. Much more than that, however, a thoughtful performance management system – developed specifically with and for the organization – will result in a better developed strategic approach…
Leadership that Soars
“Gifted leadership occurs where heart and head – feeling and thought – meet. These are the two wings that allow a leader to soar.” – quote from Primal Leadership, Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence”, Daniel Goleman. I believe there’s a natural tendency in all of us to lean more into the thought of leadership,…
Exercising Good Judgment
Everyone has heard the word “judgment” and for most of us this word has a negative connotation related to the inevitable unfairness we associate with judging others. What does that really mean? Judgment can be exercised for good, especially in delicate or stressful situations, and in this context it is often referred to as a…