Conscious Leadership – PART THREE: You Will Never Be a Great Leader, Here is Why

Conscious Leadership Scenario: PART TWO of Why You Will Never Be a Great Leader addressed the foundation of every great team-fear of Conflict [you can find PART TWO in our archived library] Like many other aspects of life, teamwork comes down to mastering a set of behaviors that are at once theoretically uncomplicated but extremelyContinue reading “Conscious Leadership – PART THREE: You Will Never Be a Great Leader, Here is Why”

Conscious Leadership – PART TWO: You Will Never Be a Great Leader, Here is Why

Conscious Leadership Scenario: PART ONE of why you will never be a great leader addressed the foundation of every great team-absence of trust. Read PART ONE first, if you have not already. Like in many other aspects of life, teamwork comes down to mastering a set of behaviors that are at once theoretically uncomplicated butContinue reading “Conscious Leadership – PART TWO: You Will Never Be a Great Leader, Here is Why”

Conscious Leadership – How Character is Extremely Critical to Transformational Leaders

Conscious Leadership Scenario: Are we only concerned about a leader’s character when it affects us financially? The current parade of scandals and setbacks that we are currently facing might suggest that we are. We might like to think that personality will carry the leader even when their character is questionable. In the end, it catchesContinue reading “Conscious Leadership – How Character is Extremely Critical to Transformational Leaders”

Conscious Leadership – Do They Follow You Because They Feel Your Heartbeat or Fear Your Sword?

Conscious Leadership Scenario: The Top Transformational leaders ask themselves this question each week, “If I was stripped of my title…” The politics of leadership – the power to punish and reward people. Would they still follow me? Would I still get results from them? Leadership Fail: We can become blinded by our titles, blinded to ourContinue reading “Conscious Leadership – Do They Follow You Because They Feel Your Heartbeat or Fear Your Sword?”

Conscious Leadership – Senior Executive Communication in a “Never Enough” Society

Conscious Leadership Scenario: You’ve got a big vision for your company (usually established by your Board of Directors), and you’re building a team to get you there. But when your Senior Executive team gathers, there’s bound to be some misunderstanding. No matter how hard you work, try to improve communication; you wind up having toContinue reading “Conscious Leadership – Senior Executive Communication in a “Never Enough” Society”

Conscious Leadership– Life Is Too Short for Bad Organizational Culture

It’s all lip service until you develop, implement, and execute on a strategy Conscious Leadership Scenario: We spend a third of our adult lives at work. So, it’s no surprise that organizational culture matters deeply. 75.3% of senior executive leaders site culture as their main driver to pursue other organizations. Leadership Fail: Culture is delicate. It’s hard to build and easy toContinue reading “Conscious Leadership– Life Is Too Short for Bad Organizational Culture”

Conscious Leadership–There Is No Crying in Baseball nor Executive Leadership… Yes, There Is and That’s Fine

Conscious Leadership Scenario: About half of new executive transitions are considered failures within two years- but why? I’ve coached hundreds of struggling executives over the years, and almost every time, their failure is a surprise. The story usually goes something like this: They’ve been high performers their entire careers. As they moved up, they alwaysContinue reading “Conscious Leadership–There Is No Crying in Baseball nor Executive Leadership… Yes, There Is and That’s Fine”

Conscious Leadership – Harboring Under-Performers

Conscious Leadership Scenario: We witness harboring under-performers all around; from the Executive Teams, to C-suite leadership, all the way to the Board Room. The threshold for uncertainty varies from company to company, but always has a negative impact. It’s always interesting to see how long it plays out.  Leadership Fail: Once Senior Executives start toContinue reading “Conscious Leadership – Harboring Under-Performers”

COVID-19 Back to Work Integration

Conscious Leadership Scenario: COVID-19 Quarantine will eventually come to an end and we will need to integrate back to our normal work environment. What does this integration look like? Leadership Failure: Demanding all employees report back to work after COVID-19 quarantine ends. Adverse Effect on Culture and Performance: This quarantine will come to an endContinue reading “COVID-19 Back to Work Integration”

Conscious Leadership – Introduction

I’ve been fortunate to spend my entire career submerged in all different types of leadership… junky leadership. I am talking and interacting with transformational leaders around the globe on a daily basis. I’ve watched leadership fail and I’ve watched leaders shine in the darkest moments. We are entering an era where the words “Conscious Leadership”Continue reading “Conscious Leadership – Introduction”