What’s the best way to connect on a deeper level? How can you create a connection that’s built on trust faster? Why is listening becoming a lost art? Earlier this week, I shared how you can help capture the world’s wisdom forever. Today, I remind you how to get better…
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Every Person Has a Story, Why Not Share Yours?
Last week, I watched Dave Isay receive the 2015 TED Prize of 1,000,000 dollars. This is a great honor for Dave Isay and his team at StoryCorps. When you win the TED Prize, you are asked to share your wish with a live audience of what you would like to…
Continue Reading....Three Ways Serving Leaders Build Breakthrough Connections
How can you compete with highly connected people? How do you connect to your many different stakeholders on a regular basis? The more complicated our lives get through using new technologies, the more critical it is for serving leaders to connect personally. I thought it might help to share several…
Continue Reading....A Bit of Blarney; a St. Patrick’s Day Story
So what moves you? What makes you feel connected to generations of family and friends who were here before you that still impact the way you see your life? For most of us, we’ve learned about our past from a story told by someone in the family who has the…
Continue Reading....How Great Recruiting Can Help You Build a Great Team
We talked earlier this week about how leaders need to invest to get the best ROI on their time investments. I believe the number one responsibility of leader is recruiting, developing, and retaining key people for their organization. Today, we talk about recruiting, something I have significant experience in, having…
Continue Reading....Leaders Are You Serving One or Many With Your Service?
How is your organization set up? Is it set up to serve the one, or the many? Today, we have people who are online with millions of followers. They have created great systems to make a living selling a small percentage of their followers their products and services. Are they serving…
Continue Reading....What Can Serving Leaders Learn About Influence From Abraham Lincoln?
What can President Abraham Lincoln teach serving leaders about authentic communications? When you think about President Lincoln, what do you think about? What can we learn from this self-made man from Kentucky? How would he deal with our 24 hour news cycle? What communication lessons can we take from our…
Continue Reading....Leaders: Is Your Own Self-Assessment Holding You Back?
Earlier this week, we talked about the critical emotional intelligence capability of self-awareness. I got several notes asking if it’s possible that you don’t read yourself accurately. In a word, yes. Many entrepreneurs struggle with their ability to accurately read their own strengths and weaknesses. The challenge is to increase…
Continue Reading....Can Self-Awareness Give Serving Leaders an Edge?
How do you stand out from your peers? What’s the secret ingredient for great serving leadership? How do you evaluate a leader’s potential leadership capabilities in today’s rapidly changing times? How can self-awareness give serving leaders an edge? I’ve interviewed over 17,000 leaders in my career as a management consultant. …
Continue Reading....How Advisory Boards Can Help Entrepreneurs Get Better Results!
What are the key elements to build a successful advisory board? How do you find the right individuals who can help you increase your business’ success? I have been on advisory boards for over twenty years. I’ve helped many of my clients find the right people that can help them…
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