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Accelerating Leadership Development Using the ACE Model
Over the last three decades, I have taught over a thousand graduate students over the years and have coached more than a hundred clients....
Jul 29, 2022


Nonprofit Series
This 14-part podcast series covers the five tools found in the upcoming book, Nonprofit Leadership and Management: A Toolbox for Moving...
May 31, 2022


Coaching Series
Coaching is today’s “must have” tool for leaders and managers. In the Harvard Business Review article entitled, “The Leader as Coach,”...
Apr 12, 2022


Strategic Finance Series
This 7-part podcast series covers the five tools found in the book, Strategic Finance for Strategic Leaders, The First Five Tools. Each...
Apr 5, 2022


Strategic Leadership Series
You can listen to this 7-part series in less than an hour (CLICK HERE). Podcast Overview In this week’s episode, we will provide an...
Feb 15, 2022


Building Strategic Organizations Series
You can listen to this 7-part series in less than an hour (CLICK HERE) I still remember meeting with senior leaders of a $300m...
Feb 15, 2022


30. Coaching for Strategic Leaders-2: Connecting With Others Through Care and Compassion
You may have heard it said that people don’t care about what you know until they know how much you care. The starting point for a good...
Aug 30, 2021


29. Coaching Tools for Strategic Leaders-1: Why Coaching is the New "Must Have" Skill
Coaching is today’s “must have” tool for leaders and managers. In the Harvard Business Review article entitled, “The Leader as Coach,”...
Aug 27, 2021


Writing Everything at Least Twice
Oops! I didn’t mean to say that. Barrett wrote back to me asking about what I meant in an email I had sent time. I realized that I said...
May 6, 2021


Initiatives: Use your TEMP resources strategically to work less and accomplish more.
Most people think of ROI as a business term. However, return on investment is just as relevant to your personal life as your professional...
Apr 2, 2021


Jellyfish and Skeletons: The Organic/Organized Balance
"Grandpa, what's this?" my grandson asked as he stood on the beach with the waves lapping around his ankles. "It's a jellyfish." "Why is...
Feb 8, 2021


The One-Foot Fence
Many years ago, I worked as a staff assistant for a world-famous linguist. I remember that whenever someone asked him for something, he...
Feb 8, 2021


How Clay Christensen Changed My Life and Work
Clayton (Clay) Christensen passed away this past January 2020. Christensen achieved fame with his 1997 book The Innovator’s Dilemma, and,...
Feb 8, 2021


Do You Have the Skill and the Will to be a Strategic Leader?
When I wrote the book, Strategic Leaders Are Made, Not Born, my intent was to help tactical workers and leaders everywhere add new skills...
Feb 1, 2021