Nonprofit and small business leaders alike point to data and software as drivers for success. However, strong employee-leadership communication is just as, if not more, valuable for driving your organization toward its goals. Strong communication leads to strong...
Many leaders wait for “the right time” to focus on their professional development. They don’t mean like waiting until a specific date like the end of a quarter or a holiday on the calendar. Their “right time” is more vague: “when...
Do you ever feel like your leadership title doesn’t match your inner confidence? You’re far from alone. In whispered conversations and quiet moments, even the most successful leaders admit they sometimes feel they’re “winging it.” But...
ChatGPT is already incredibly helpful in my life. Today, I heard ChatGPT is doing some very helpful work coaching. So, naturally, I asked ChatGPT if CEO’s and business leaders should still use a human coach. Here’s what ChatGPT said. While AI coaching...
I just listened to the episode of Guy Kawasaki’s “Remarkable People” podcast with Robert Waldinger. Over the course of the conversation, they talk about what it takes to be happy. Curiosity opens communication Toward the end, they discuss how to...
Do you ever find it hard to write about yourself? When asked for a professional bio or an introduction for a keynote, do you drag your feet getting it written? I know I do. It feels so wrong. Like I’m shamelessly bragging. I know people say nice things about me...
Have you ever done business with someone and then feel like they’ve ghosted you? You thought things went well, they seemed to like you, but now they don’t reply to anything? Even things they’d promised to respond to? Yesterday, I got to spend the day...
Leaders tend to hide our problems. We realize most people are more interested in their problems than ours. And sometimes we find sharing our issues becomes a weapon others use against us. So we build up a habit of hiding. Listening to La’Vista Jone’s BOSS...
You have an email address. But what if people misspell your name? I just had an email confirmation sent to me. I regularly have confirmations sent to me so I thought nothing of it. Until I saw the spelling: My name was misspelled. It happens all the time. Even though...
Juneteenth is this weekend. Now a federal holiday, it remembers June 19, 1865, the day the last enslaved people were freed in the USA. That is more than three years after the Emancipation Proclamation. And more than two months after the Confederate surrender. (You can...
