Becoming a Leader Nine Elements of Leadership Mastery About a year ago, my publisher, Taylor and Frances Group ask me to write an update to Applied Leadership Development: Nine Elements of Leadership Mastery. I co-authored the book in 2015 with […]

“Unsheltering” The Organization: Collaboration vs. Coordination I had a conversation the other day with a client who is the CEO of a 60-person company engaged in the wholesale financial services industry. The company does not have any retail offices and […]

Time Is on My (Our) Side, Yes, It Is A few weeks ago, I was watching Dr. Fauci speak during one of the President’s COVID-19 televised press briefings. He cautioned patience about a cure for the virus and stated, “It’s […]

Distress In A High VUCA (Coronavirus) Pandemic I’ve had many conversations with clients over the last few days about the coronavirus pandemic. Each was working from home and described the complexity of trying to focus on work while dealing with […]

Goldman Sachs has announced that it will no longer facilitate initial public offerings in the US for companies that lack diverse directors. The Goldman Sachs’ policy initiative, along with new legislation in the State of California, is growing evidence that […]

Veritas is the Roman goddess of truth, depicted by 19th-century artists as a naked woman, trapped at the bottom of a well shaft while holding a mirror overhead. She symbolizes the naked truth within us, visible occasionally through reflection but […]

Over the past week I’ve had several conversations with clients about their careers.  The beginning of a new year is always a time of reflection, with varied levels of excitement and anxiety, but the start of a new decade is […]

When I issued this Leadership Insight a few years ago, I received a tremendous amount of heart-felt feedback from my readers.  Given that the holiday season is nearly upon us, I decided to make a couple of additions and re-issue […]

There was a time when companies could leave the quality of relationships among employees in their organization to chance, implicitly relying on policies, procedures, organization structure, and a sense of morality to encourage proper behavior. That time is gone. Changing […]

I have been bombarded with requests to comment on BP’s announcement to withdrawal from Alaska and what it means for the State.  Most of my readers have attended my leadership training programs and know that I retired from BP after […]