Leadership and You - How to Energize Your Team

The most effective leaders, with or without authority, improve engagement, productivity, retention and profitability by creating an environment where people thrive individually and collectively, personally and professionally.

How to Achieve More Professional Success Without Giving up Personal Happiness

In February, I outlined steps one and two to help you achieve more professional success without giving up personal happiness. Last month I outlined step three, and today, I'll outline the fourth and final step in this series.

Step Four: Learn to Bring in New Business. If you’re to move up in your firm, you must learn to bring in new clients and additional work from existing clients. 

Professional Success v. Personal Happiness

How to Achieve More Professional Success Without Giving up Personal Happiness

Authentic Leadership: What is it and why does it matter?

Authentic leadership isn’t a new concept, however. Bill George wrote Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value in 2003 and Harvard Business Review published an abbreviated article, Authentic Leadership, by Bill George, Peter Sims, Andrew McLean, and Diana Mayer in 2007. The concept has steadily grown in popularity, because it resonates and it produces positive results.

Your Best Life: Are you living it? Part 3

What is your current state of satisfaction? In the key areas of family, health, career, finance, personal growth, spirituality, physical environment and community, what is your level of satisfaction? On a scale of 1-10, rate each area of your life. 

Are you living your best life? Part 2

When you use your greatest strengths to make your greatest contributions, you enjoy your life more fully.

Are You Living Your Best Life? Part 1

Leverage your strengths to best serve yourself, your clients and your firm. Evaluate your strengths, promote what you do best and love most, and grow your talent.

What is Inclusive Leadership, and Why does it Matter

Inclusive leaders are critically aware of bias and work to overcome that bias, whether their own or others. They value team members, invite diverse perspectives, and create an atmosphere where people feel their opinions and contributions matter.

Change, Chaos and Creativity