25 years ago I ran my first Marine Corps Marathon and last week I ran my final with the Marine Corps 50k. The conditions were challenging (rain/downpours/wind and then temperatures…
We are approaching the season of performance reviews and feedback. If you manage people, you will likely be called upon to evaluate those you lead. How will you deliver feedback?…
Leadership Agility is a hot concept we have been seeing, hearing and reading more about over the past several years. In today’s complex, unpredictable, volatile and fast-paced business environment leaders…
As the fourth quarter comes to a close all of us have a measure of excitement, angst and transition in our work lives. Year-end sales goals, projects, performance reviews, promotions…
Character and Integrity rarely grow when everything in life goes our way. Instead it is our response to life’s challenges that forges our character and spotlights our integrity. I used…
Imagine yourself creating a lifetime of payoffs: happiness, success, significance – a life of abundance, both personally and professionally. We all want it! We all want to become producers. We…
In previous articles – The Payoff Principle: Producers Wanted!, The Payoff Principle: On Purpose, and The Payoff Principle: On Passion, I’ve looked at the power of purpose (the direction you…
Don’t miss previous parts of this series – The Payoff Principle: Producers Wanted! and The Payoff Principle: On Purpose Once you’ve decided to live a life of purpose and on purpose,…
Don’t miss part one of this series – The Payoff Principle: Producers Wanted! The book, The Payoff Principle by Dr. Alan Zimmerman, begins with the power of purpose (Purpose +…