Monday Morning Mojo

There are two groups of people who are in a position to best amplify a CEOs’ leadership; or, if not working well together, can inhibit a CEOs’ effectiveness. One is the executive team, and the other is the board of directors. Executive team performance is critical. I have worked extensively to help executive teams communicate […]

When I am working on an important project I find time to process my thoughts indirectly. This means I engage in other activities that I find enjoyable, which allow me the luxury of standing back from my work and looking it at it from a detached perspective. Then I see gaps as well as the

Two years ago I developed and delivered a leadership curriculum to the local Oneness Family High School based on my Visionary Leadership Academy (next one is coming up March 10!) . Recently I was asked by the founder, Andrew Kutt, to collaborate together with Results-based Leadership expert, Raj Chawla, on the development of new, fully

One of my favorite times of the year is now… right now! Here between the Christmas holiday and New Year’s eve. This is the perfect time to review the last year and make plans for the one ahead. I find it so inspiring. I have several ways I like to take stock. One is my

Read a great piece about dogs by Clive Wynne, a dog behavior scientist. He admits to once being skeptical of dogs’ unique place in the animal world as uniquely sensitive to “human-like social cognition.” In his studies he wondered about the unique intelligence that enables dogs to play an irreplaceable role in the worlds of

My daughter, Ruchi, did an outstanding job with her grades in the first semester of her freshman year in high school. We wanted to reward her tenacity, perseverance, and results. When we asked her what she wanted, she requested a langa, an Indian dress outfit. My wife helped her pick one out and make the

Dawn Sweeney, CEO of the National Restaurant Association, is an exemplar of extraordinary leadership, my chosen area of focus and professional expertise. I help leaders get better at doing bolder things. Dawn is someone who I watch closely because of the boldness of her initiatives and her successes. The picture above was from the recent

The picture above is my daughter, Ruchi, in the frame shop. It is her art that is laying on the table. When we first brought Ruchi home from New Delhi at the age of eight she was a prodigious colorer, going through many coloring books. As the years unfolded she did less and less. It

It was a brisk morning yesterday when I took my German shepherd, Sita, out. We came upon this beautiful holly plant, wet with the cold drizzle that was all around. It was a bracing and brilliant way to start the day. The cold air was invigorating. The holly shook with the wind. Sita was sniffing

My good friend, Raj Chawla, encouraged me this morning over coffee to consider how results rest in the center of leaders’ relationships. After I made a comment about the importance of relationships, he reminded me that those relationships live in the context of results. I can see both sides: relationships can generate results just as