CACAPHONY OF VOICES WITHOUT LISTENING We are a highly divided nation in an era of highly divided other nations. And, as a leadership expert, my view is that those in the public eye are feeding the frenzy, failing to lead us all, failing to inspire us all and so much is at stake for us […]
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
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What Do the CEO Coach and the CEO Have In Common? BACKGROUND Exceptional leaders are good at active listening: extracting the essence of someone else’s predicament or point of view or proposal. The coach must be even a more active listener to get at the root cause of whatever the client is confronting. In recent […]
Sunday, October 28, 2012
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Some have the gift, others need to learn it. For some it is natural, for others a lifelong challenge. What is “IT?” The ability to read others, one at a time and in a group – to notice their eyes, their body language, their tone. With direct reports and others they see frequently, to learn […]
Saturday, February 19, 2011
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In a conversation this week, I relayed to a coaching client my repeated experience of learning the most amazing things in the last 90 seconds of any meeting. He suggested I share this. I had just become a Principal of a consulting firm whose senior partners included a former partner of Booz Allen & Hamilton […]
Countless more ordinary people of equal talent never developed the leadership core required to run the show. Why not?
Monday, July 11, 2016
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