Fully Alive Leadership

06/30/2022

Yeah, yeah – I got it. You’ve done the work, you’ve made changes and you’ve checked the DEI box. Your shop is good to go.

But what if it isn’t? What if some of your people aren’t so sure that anything is better now?

Yeah, yeah – I got it. You’ve done the work, you’ve made changes and you’ve checked the DEI box. Your shop is good to go. But what if it isn’t? What if some of your people aren’t so sure that anything is better now? My friend and Royal Smart Person Ed Gurowitz wrote a brilliant […]

03/30/2022

What’s The Next Best Thing to Great #Leadership? Read my latest post to find out

Reading time: 35 seconds Answer: There is no next best thing. Nobody in your shop signed up for a disinterested boss or for squishy, uninspiring leadership. Sure, some may have given up and are going through the motions with only enough effort to draw a paycheck, but it’s unlikely that’s what th...

11/02/2021

4.3 million American workers quit their jobs in August alone. Workers are making a statement with their feet and you may be wondering why they’re doing that. Here’s a stab at a short list.

What’s With The Walkouts and Resignations? You see it in the news and perhaps in your own shop. 4.3 million American workers quit their jobs in August alone. Workers are making a statement with their feet and you may be wondering why they’re doing that. Here’s a stab at a short list. People do...

09/22/2021

Johnny Paycheck was perhaps most famous for his 1977 recording of the tenderly entitled song, Take This Job and Shove It. In it we hear the plaintive cry of a man feeling under-appreciated and poorly treated.

Johnny Paycheck was perhaps most famous for his 1977 recording of the tenderly entitled song, Take This Job and Shove It. In it we hear the plaintive cry of a man feeling under-appreciated and poorly treated. In times of job scarcity most people feeling that way won’t speak up, but the desire to u...

08/04/2021

A few years ago I stopped at a nearby FedEx depot to ship some packages. It was a warm summer evening and all the truck bay doors were open, so I could see the activity inside and it surprised me.

A few years ago I stopped at a nearby FedEx depot to ship some packages. It was a warm summer evening and all the truck bay doors were open, so I could see the activity inside and it surprised me. I saw people running with boxes, hurrying them to the proper trucks for delivery. What, […]

03/30/2021

You know that things have changed and they keep on changing and nobody was provided a manual for leading with all this going on. That’s the environment that leaders find themselves in right now.

You know that things have changed and they keep on changing and nobody was provided a manual for leading with all this going on. That’s the environment that leaders find themselves in right now. All this change and uncertainty has impacted the speaking business, too. I’ve revamped my programs sp...

03/03/2021

If you’ve gazed down the road you likely noticed that the landscape looks different and specifics just aren’t too clear. Given that huge “I don’t know” factor, what are you doing right now to prepare for the coming unknown?

If you’ve gazed down the road you likely noticed that the landscape looks different and specifics just aren’t too clear. Given that huge “I don’t know” factor, what are you doing right now to prepare for the coming unknown? Welcome to the post-Covid future. This is covered in the blank pag...

01/18/2021

The world – and likely your world – is awash in information. That makes it difficult to wade through the noise to find what’s useful to you. That’s just one reason why it’s important that we share the good stuff we find.

Reading time – 31 seconds . . . The world – and likely your world – is awash in information. That makes it difficult to wade through the noise to find what’s useful to you. That’s just one reason why it’s important that we share the good stuff we find. Which is the driver for […]

12/22/2020

Turns out what was obvious just ain’t so, and, oddly, there is a huge price that we pay for our task doubling.

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Jabbering about multitasking was all the rage as cell phones began to blanket the world. There was talk of greater productivity because doing two things at once would quite obviously cut the time needed to accomplish both. Just do the math, right? Turns out what was obvious just ain’t so, and, odd...

10/02/2020

One of the things I do when delivering a keynote or workshop version of my Fully Alive Leadership – Leading in Uncertain Times program is to poll the audience. There are always discrepancies between the way they report how they themselves are feeling, versus how they think their direct reports are feeling.

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07/28/2020

Even in this crisis, there are opportunities and it’s the leader’s job to find them.

Reading time – 58 seconds – a little longer than usual – for a really good reason. . . The coronavirus crisis has caused millions of us to work from home, which is why I found myself in my home office annex – the back yard patio – on a sunny, beautiful early summer morning, […]

06/30/2020

Come on along for what I hope will be a good listen for you with some valuable takeaways. Many thanks go to Trace for the enjoyable conversation.

Reading time – 26 seconds . . . Some years ago I founded and operated a commercial and industrial water treatment company. I joined the international trade association – the Association of Water Technologies, or AWT – and eventually became its president. After that came facilitation, coaching ...