Let me fess up. I’ve got a bit of an addiction, although I have curbed it a lot lately. It’s going online and watching videos or listening to podcasts in the personal development and leadership space. The topics are varied,…
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Lead or Leave! Sounds pretty tough, doesn’t it? Many Senior Leaders I work with can at first violently disagree with me. They typically say “Mitch, you’re wrong, someone has to lead, and someone has to follow”, or “We can’t all…
Is it going to get tough? Are tough times ahead of us? Ask 10 different leaders, you’ll get 10 different answers. How bad, how long, how much… When things are uncertain, here’s my answer on how to lead in tough…
Very often in coaching, leaders, good leaders, are in pain. They are not performing to their potential and they know it. Something is holding them back. And it’s tarnishing their personal brand, their chance for promotion, their relationships with others,…
After a leadership workshop, I was approached by a participant who asked me “What keeps you going?” I gave him the usual answers… “I like my work” “I want to make a difference” “This stuff really counts” And then I…
Repeat after me: “CONFLICT IS GREAT” Again! “CONFLICT IS GREAT” Many leaders try to avoid conflict. That’s a great thing if that conflict is destructive, shouting, blaming, avoiding responsibility… we don’t want that. But constructive conflict is a whole other…
