Habits for Leaders

  • Want to Be a Better Leader? Watch More Movies

    “This is no democracy. It is a dictatorship. I am the law.” Coach Boone in Remember the Titans “Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.”  Nelson Mandela, Invictus Boy do those depict different types of leadership styles, or what? But each of these leaders had different things…

  • Stop Firefighting: Lead with a Calendar Cleanse

    I once spent three weeks straight eating lunch at my desk while simultaneously attending virtual meetings. Why? Because my calendar was so packed there was literally no other time to eat. As a business operations manager responsible for ensuring operational and customer service success within a tight budget, I was juggling 40 direct reports, overseeing…

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    The 4-Step One-Minute Habit for Increased Confidence

    Picture this: I’m the global service business manager for our company’s consumer products. The company had released a software update for one of our consumer products just before the peak holiday sales season… that totally bombed. We had about four weeks’ warning before the post-Christmas support calls were going to hit us. The training program…