Opening The Thought-Shifting Door

Opening The Thought-Shifting Door

In addition to providing people with tangible, skill-developing work opportunities, open-door leaders need to know how to shift people’s thinking. Real opportunities can be found in convincing people to become imaginative by freeing them from narrow, negative, or...
Leadership Is Freakin’ Hard

Leadership Is Freakin’ Hard

Congratulations! You’ve become a leader! At last, your ideas will be listened to, valued and heeded. People will finally take you seriously. Now your impact, influence, and income will grow. Ah, the life of leader. Issuing orders. Imparting wisdom. Developing...
The Best Part Of Leading

The Best Part Of Leading

Leadership is hard work. It takes making accurate decisions based often on inaccurate or incomplete data. It requires bringing about change and contending with the resistance that it prompts. It requires caring about those you lead, but remaining objective enough not...
How To Improve As A Trainer

How To Improve As A Trainer

Do you want to continuously improve as a trainer? Here are some training tips that I’ve learned through trial and error. How long have you been a training professional? Whether you’ve been in it for 25 years, 6 years, or 4 months, you’ve probably dealt with a tough...
Lessons From The Stars

Lessons From The Stars

Leaders Open Doors for MORE than Just the Top Performers A Guest Post by Eileen McDargh This summer, we spent nine days of backpacking in the Pioneer Basin region of the Southern CA High Sierras. The 12,000-foot Mono Pass assured us that we were well tucked behind...