Development is Difficult: What Leaders are Facing Today

If development was easy, then you wouldn’t be reading this article. The reality is that development is difficult. The desire to develop self and others is real and most leaders will acknowledge it is part […]

Effort is the Great Equalizer

Talent doesn’t advance alone. Effort is the equalizer of success. If you think that just because you are the most skilled, the most talented or the most gifted, that you will automatically advance or progress […]

Leadership Word of the Week: Wait

Ah, this week’s word is a word we don’t like to hear and even more we don’t like to experience. We live in a give-me, give-me-now, what’s-taking-so-long society. And the by-product is that we are […]

Leadership Word of the Week: Drive

Everyone is motivated by something. The problem is that many people don’t have a clue what motivates them. They live life just reacting to the stimuli that they are confronted with. This kind of person […]

The Formula to Teach the Young How to Succeed: D.E.E.D.S.

We’ve got to get over what the next generation is not getting and how uncomfortable it is making the previous three generations feel. We have the answers they need and they have the energy we […]

What Keeps Talent Connected – The Power of the Moon Pie

How do you stop people from leaving? Simple, give them a reason to stay. The more reasons they have to stay, the longer it takes them to leave. When I was a boy, my father […]

Don’t Be Afraid to Wait

You’ve heard it said, “Good things come to those who wait.” Well, not always, sometimes more waiting just comes. But, don’t be afraid to wait! Everyone hates a waiting room. Everyone hates waiting in line. […]

Mistakes Leaders Make Today with Tomorrow’s Talent

The talent shoreline has changed. Developing leaders standing where you used to stand doesn’t work anymore. Waiting for the tide to come back in isn’t going to happen, because the shore line moved out. You […]

Leadership is an Exercise in Patience

Leadership is like a muscle. It doesn’t grow just because you want it to. It doesn’t grow because you dream of it growing. Growth and skilled leadership take real work, hard work and most of […]

How to Select Better Talent: The Key is Chemistry

Do you need help selecting the right people? Are you struggling to land the best people you can for the best position possible? Are you finding it difficult to determine if a candidate really will […]