What game are you playing?

What game are you playing?

Have you ever considered how the language you use affects your ability to be an influential leader? When you listen to how some leaders speak, it sounds like their team is competing for a Super Bowl ring. “Crush the competition…” “Let’s be #1…” “Tackle that challenge…” “Let’s get this win…”

Autocrat or Influencer? Take the Quiz!

Autocrat or Influencer? Take the Quiz!

Most leaders don’t like to think of themselves as autocrats. Domineering people who lead by denigrating others and expect total obedience. However, in many cases…

How to get the most out of a mentor

How to get the most out of a mentor

While it’s difficult to overstate the importance of having the right mentor, just having a mentor is not enough. Mentoring is a relationship. The responsibility is …

Why personal growth requires a plan

Why personal growth requires a plan

Everyone wants to be the best version of themselves. Sometimes, when they don’t meet the standard they set for themselves, they begin to feel frustrated or depressed, struggling with the same challenges they faced yesterday. If you feel that way, you’re…

How to hire the right mentor

How to hire the right mentor

Everyone “knows” they could benefit from having a mentor, or, better still, several mentors throughout their lives to help them learn key lessons at key moments of decision. A lot of times we make the mistake of…

See the path to success more clearly

See the path to success more clearly

For many aspiring leaders, it’s not ability, talent, opportunity or experience that hold them back. It’s thinking. How they think and what they think about…

When we invest in personal growth, we recognize opportunities all around us.