Study and plan around natural rhythms to increase results The year is moving quickly. Summer is here. We have time seasons that serve as natural milestones: a chance to pause, inventory where you are, reflect on where you want to go, and plan what’s needed to make the most of
When leaders hear “be more empathetic, more transparent, more compassionate” or “develop more emotional intelligence”, it is easy to hear it as “be more emotional.” It is confusing what that means. Are great leaders supposed to be crying in meetings, oversharing personal struggles, or losing composure under pressure? Understandably, it
Today, the speed of work moves at a relentless pace. Even with daily check-ins, frequent conversations, and regular one-on-ones, there is still more. Leaders find themselves having endless conversations, but information still falls in the cracks, not because of lack of effort or communication, but because the sheer velocity of
When your role requires motorcycle leadership, but you get pulled back into the trench Leadership elevation is part of the shift from leading in the trench of details to leading from a bigger picture. Strategic thinking is part of stepping out of day-to-day execution. The challenge in this growth is
How leaders step out of day-to-day execution and operate at a higher level Often, urgent work demands keep us working in the trench, even if we want and need to get to a higher level of thinking and planning. It is tactical work that needs to be done, but somehow
There is a moment that shows up in leadership conversations when everyone is engaged, feedback is coming, and yet the situation starts to feel complex and hard to sort through. The conversation gets full. Multiple perspectives are on the table. Each one has merit. It is not that people are off.
Most leaders do not lose their day because they lack effort. They lose their day because urgency quietly takes over. What starts as one quick ask turns into five. A “two-minute review” becomes twenty. Someone stops by. An email pulls attention. By mid-morning, the day is no longer yours. You
What the SCARF model reveals from the NeuroLeadership Institute’s 2025 research Recently, I attended a webinar hosted by the NeuroLeadership Institute where they presented findings from their 2025 research related to the SCARF model. A few years ago, in 2018, I had the pleasure of attending the NeuroLeadership Institute’s Brain-Based
Author: Klaus Schwab Opening Summary The Fourth Industrial Revolution explores how emerging technologies are reshaping economies, organizations, and leadership at a pace unlike any prior era. Schwab challenges leaders to engage this shift intentionally, balancing innovation with responsibility, ethics, and human-centered leadership. Key Concepts Velocity of change: Technological advancement is
A New Year’s Eve Reflection on Leadership, Goal Setting, and Human Performance 2025 was a good year. It was also a hard one. It moved fast. Not chaotic, just fast. Faster than many leaders could comfortably keep up with. The pace itself was not new, but it was felt more