What Leaders Can Learn from the World’s Leading Brands (Part 3)
Learn from the greatest leaders of the world’s best brands what they do to create extraordinary products, services and customer loyalty.
Video Blog: How to Coach & Develop Others
When you coach anyone, there are four things you can accomplish. Learn what they are and how to do them in this two minute video.
What Leaders Can Learn from the World’s Best Brands Part 2
What are two key things that the world’s best brands have in common? Hint: it is about continuous innovation and being highly attuned to customers.
Guest Blog by Jeffrey Hayzlett: Be a Cheerleader and a White Buffalo
Dealing with change? Get global business expert Jeffrey Hayzlett’s insights on what it takes to be a change agent.
Recap Your Year
The media is busy recapping 2011, but you can benefit from recapping your past year.
15 Things Emerging Leaders Need to Know
If you are an emerging leader or want to develop emerging leaders in your organization, here are 15 key concepts you need to know distilled from my work in leadership development for the past 25 years.
Understanding and Using Commitment to Achieve Remarkable Performance
Remarkable performance doesn’t happen by accident. Whether delivered individually or organizationally, it is always preceded by commitment. Think about the connection between commitment and performance this way: •Commitment is the price you are willing to pay to get remarkable results. •Performance reveals the price you have paid. Consider: •A remarkable performance reveals how highly you…
The Power of Practice: Part 3
Don’t be discouraged by the ten-year rule. Ten years seems like a long time until you realize that it can be achieved minute by minute and day by day. When it comes to practice use the ten-minutes/ten-years tactic: Practice deliberately every day to become remarkable, but understand that it will probably take ten years to…
The Power of Practice: Part 2
Deliberate Practice What the Eagles refer to as the circle of fear, modern performance researchers call “deliberate practice.” If you think that term suggests that we’re talking about something beyond normal practice, you’re right. Researcher and senior editor at Fortune magazine, Geoffrey Colvin, differentiates between practice and deliberate practice this way: “Simply hitting a bucket…
The Power of Practice: Part 1
Practice won’t make you perfect, but it will make you better. They call it “the circle of fear”—”they” being the Eagles, one of the top five best-selling musical acts in American history. In fact, their album “Greatest Hits 1971-1975,” is the best-selling album in American history. For years their audience has continued to want more…