100+ Habits of Great Leaders
It's finally done! Over the past seven weeks, investing about 240 hours, writing over 26,000 words, I've put together the ultimate collection of leadership habits. And I've posted them all on this website. This is my most ambitious project to date, and I hope you will...
Bring Out The Best In Others
The core theme from Stage III - The Change Leader was to develop self-awareness. We accomplish this by connecting with our purpose, mastering The 7 Skills of Great Leaders, and performing at our best during critical moments of impact. Stage IV - The People Leader In...
Do You Have What It Takes To Be A Great Leader?
In both stage I and stage II, you were introduced to the one-page blueprint from The Great Leaders Guide. This tool was specifically designed to help you develop the self-confidence to identify your purpose and build the positive leadership habits required to level up...
What Makes Great leaders Great?
When you think of a great leader, who comes to mind? Take a moment to bring to mind someone that you view as a great leader. Now, when you think about this person, what specifically makes you think they are a great leader? Is it something to do with purpose, passion,...
3 Ways To Get Unstuck
Nobody sets out to be a bad boss. Yet it happens. According to the authors of Mastering Leadership, 75% of leaders have what they call - a reactive leadership style. It's this reactive leadership style the builds silos, undermines strategy, and damages culture. Most...
Are You a Hesitant Leader?
We all experience moments of doubt in our ability to lead. This can happen … 1) Early in our career when don't have the knowledge or experience, Or 2) Later in our career, anytime we step out of our comfort zone. If you never experience doubt or uncertainty, it means...
The Secret to Job Security For Life
Photo by Lindsay Henwood on UnsplashRegardless of how much you strategize or plan ahead, you are always at risk of being out of work. Here are just a few examples ... Advancement in technology changes the market (i.e. RIM/BlackBerry, Blockbuster, or Kodak). A...
The Difference Between Mediocre and Mindful Leadership
Photo by Austin Chan on UnsplashEveryone is a leader to a tribe. The definition of a tribe is a group of people or a community with similar values or interests, a group with a common ancestor, or a common leader. Tribes include … Students that are leading a movement....
Being Thankful
Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash“When I look back on the suffering in my life, this may sound really strange, but I see it now as a gift. I would have never asked for it for a second. I hated it while it was happening, and I protested as loudly as I could, but...
The Inner Navigator
We all have an inner navigator. Our inner navigator is the part of us the moves us forward, executes our wishes, and keeps us safe. When we properly feed our inner navigator, we can make the changes and complete the tasks required to achieve our goals. If you’re...
The Inner Work of a Mindful Leader
Walking the path of a Mindful Leader is not a comfortable journey. It's fraught with numerous pitfalls as we strive to bring our venerable and authentic selves to the world. Most leaders avoid doing this work because they are afraid of looking foolish or making a...
The Quest For Gezellig
Visiting my Oma in Holland always felt like arriving home. The excellent food, warm hugs, and great laughs. I remember visiting when I was only 8 or 9 years old. Having chocolate sprinkles on buttered big round rusks for breakfast. Going for bike rides around the...
Be The Oil
You are a cog. Regardless of your position, you are a cog. You are part of a living, breathing organization, and your role is to keep the machine running smoothly. Most people focus on being the best cog they can be, performing their job as best as they can....
The 3 Challenges
Like any worthwhile goal, walking the path of a mindful leader comes with its own challenges. Let's explore the top 3 … Manage The Chaos The first challenge that every mindful leader needs to overcome is to manage the chaos. We are being bombarded with so many...
5 Reasons To Practice Mindful Leadership
I was discussing Mindful Leadership with a friend, and she asked, why would I want to practice it in the first place? This turns out to be one of the most common questions that I get, and in this article, I will share with you the reasons that I choose to practice...
[My Mindful Leaders Journey] The Mindful Leader
This has been a challenging series to write. How do I boil down 51 years of life and leadership experience into a few core lessons? I know that I'm leaving out a lot of stuff, but the point of this is to boil down what I've learned to the essential mindful leadership...
[My Mindful Leaders Journey] The Tribal Leader
We covered building self-confidence as a hesitant leader, establishing positive habits to move beyond your reactive leader style, and to practice self-awareness as the first step as a creative leader. We now turn to the fourth stage of mindful leadership, the tribal...
[My Mindful Leaders Journey] The Creative Leader
You make the shift from a hesitant or reactive leader toward creative leadership the moment you begin to look within. For the first 26 years of my life, my identity was formed from the outside in. Everything that I believed, all the stories that I told myself, and the...
[My Mindful Leaders Journey] The Reactive Leader
There's an interesting stage of human development what I call - the desire to fit in. This is the point where we attempt to convince other people to pay us a half decent salary and to do this, we follow the expectations of others, sacrifice our dreams, and do our best...
[My Mindful Leaders Journey] The Hesitant Leader
When I first started my career, I would say that I was a hesitant leader. I didn't really view myself as a leader. I was riddled with fear and anxiety, suffered from low self-confidence, and preferred to avoid interacting with others. I started my career as a computer...
What’s Your Blind Spot?
Did you know we all have a blind spot? In fact, we have two of them. The first is physical and the second mental. Let’s start with the physical blind spot. Physical Blind Spot There’s a point at the back of our eye where the optic nerve connects with the retina. This...