Intrinsic Motivation = Smart Leadership

Simple leadership musings from the trenches: motivation
“Motivating” people is unsustainable, if not completely unrealistic for any period of time, or at any true depth. If the motivation comes from an extrinsic place, ie. “I’m going to motivate you” (oy) or “Please motivate me” (yikes), it won’t stick. It may stick for a bit – enough [...]

Positive Energy and Beliefs = Positive Impact

Simple leadership musings from the trenches: energy & impact
We’re having an impact in every moment – what that impact is is totally up to us – it is a choice. “They may not remember what you did, they may not remember what you said, but they will always remember how you made them feel.” The [...]

Simple leadership tips…quality and results in leadership

The quality of our relationships, partnered with our willingness to be real, take risks and be vulnerable, dictates the quality and results of our leadership. Our willingness to be real, take risks and be vulnerable makes us human and relatable. Our care, attention and nuturing of people and relationships makes us worthy of trust and being [...]

Is Your Organization Healthy? In Every Sense of the Word?

When people think of health, they tend to think of physical and emotional health. Energy, vitality, healthy eating, exercise, etc. are all very important things and something that I’ve been integrating into my leadership work with execs for years. But there’s also the “organizational health” — the health of the whole organization.
Of course there’s the [...]