For me, the Thanksgiving holiday is a time to pause and consider the gifts that life has given me and ask myself how and where I can pay those gifts forward. More than any other year, 2020 is the year to pay it forward. More than any other disaster, the impact of COVID-19 has … Read More
Sunday Stories
The Unreliable Narrator: Part II – The Flip Side
Last week I featured the familiar unreliable narrator story, the one where we judge ourselves harshly and thus tell an unreliable story of our accomplishments. As I reflected on this story in conversations with readers, I was reminded of an unreliable narrator of a different sort that can be equally misleading. In this version, the … Read More
Are You An Unreliable Narrator?
Last week I wrote about the importance of telling your today story before answering the question, What is Your Tomorrow Story? One of the challenges I observe in my work as an executive life coach is we are often an unreliable narrator of our own story. Successful people tend to focus on what is next. They … Read More
YOU PIVOT™: What Is Your Tomorrow Story?
In my work with CEOs and senior executives in my YOU PIVOT™ Program, I ask them to begin by telling me the story of who they are today. Then, I ask them to consider and share what matters most to them. Only then, when they have clarity on their today story and what matters, I … Read More
Leadership Quote: The Most Difficult Thing …
The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch somebody else doing it wrong, without comment. T.H. White
Nobody Died
I have a new CEO client who used to be a trauma surgeon. We’ve had many conversations about the differences between leading an ER surgery team and leading a business. The other day, he said something that has stayed with me since, so I decided to write about it. Here’s what he said, ” while … Read More
Q3 2020 Vistage CEO Confidence Index: Confidence Rebounds
Signs of life in the economy and an increase of business activity has led to an increase in confidence of small and midsize business CEOs. The Vistage CEO Confidence Index rebounded to 82.8 Q3 2020; while not at peak recovery, this is just 2.6% below Q3 2019. While all factors that comprise the Index improved … Read More
YOU PIVOT™: Face Your Fear
Ryan started his career in his early twenties, working for his dad. And, as is often the case, this young firebrand felt he knew better how to run the business, dad disagreed. On one thing they did agree, it was best that he go to work somewhere else. After two years of working for a … Read More
Leadership Quote: The Two Most Important Days…
The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. Mark Twain
Happy New Year, L’Shana Tova
This past Friday night began the Days of Awe in the Jewish religion. Rosh Hashanah, the celebration of the New Year in the Hebrew calendar, marks this period’s start; Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, marks the end. It’s a time for reflection, which I enjoy, even though I do not consider myself a religious … Read More