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Soft Skills

Clinging to The Past: Leadership requires moving forward

Marshall Goldsmith in his book What Got You Here Won’t get You There talks about clinging to the past as one of the things that will keep you from the top. Marshall talks about this as being a way to deflect blame away from ourselves and onto events and people…

Marshall’s 4th Habit That Keeps You from The Top

Making destructive comments is Marshall Goldsmith’s 4th habit that keeps you from the top. These are the needless sarcasms and cutting remarks that we think make us sound sharp and witty. In this week’s Vlog I take a different take on what this means to me and how I have…

Adding Too Much Value? When is too much, too much?

Adding too much value is the overwhelming desire to add your two cents to every discussion. You may have a great idea or thought, but what is the unintended consequence you are having on others? As a leader one of your roles is to develop others, by adding value are…

It’s Really All About Self-Awareness

Who am I? How do I tend to behave and communicate? This is the first step, the platform, the foundation to build upon. How can you use this knowledge to grow, move forward? In this week’s video blog post I explore the impact self-awareness has on our personal growth and…

COVID19: Getting Back to Work, What Do You Control?

In my work with leaders in organizations, one of the items that comes up consistently is “What do you control, not control?” Where is your focus? Dealing with returning to the workplace creates the environment where this comes up again. In this week’s vlog post I explore what it means…