Five Fundamentals for Young Leaders
It is graduation season. In fact, I attended a graduation celebration today for some very impressive young women who are graduating from high school. And it is Summer Intern season …
Anger and Emotional Intelligence
Can you be considered “Emotionally Intelligent” and still get angry? I had to consider that possibility following a conversation with a really dear friend yesterday. Up to that point my …
Leadership Lessons from Product Designers
Jony Ive, is a Senior Vice President of Design at Apple. He outlined his three key tips for designers during a talk at London’s Design Museum. These three practices – …
Vision provides the “What” – Leadership provides the “How”
My personal journey toward understanding leadership began many years ago. It began in a medium-sized church in Marietta, Georgia in 1983. Prior to that point I had been an observer. …
Put Your Oxygen Mask On First
You may have heard these words before and not given them much thought. Today, you have an opportunity to think about them from a fresh perspective. If you are traveling …
A Mother’s Love Affects the Brain
No wait! That isn’t a setup line for a punchline. A recent study shows that nurturing a child early in life may help him or her develop a larger hippocampus, …
Today’s Task: Sharpen Your Sword
Stephen Covey popularized the notion in his book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, that we must take time to stop and sharpen our saw from time to time …
EI Outside the Workplace
I spent a great deal of time earlier in the week extolling the virtues of Emotional Intelligence in the workplace. And I still believe there is a significant need for …
EI and the Collaborative Work Environment
Look. I am here to do a job. I am not here to make nice with everyone. Have you ever heard that? Have you ever said that? If so, …
Nurturing Young Leaders
Welcome to the final Leadership Lesson from the Saguaro Cactus. I never expected this level of inspiration from a desert plant. One of the things that I noticed about the …