Conscious Leadership – The Top 1% [Elite] Leaders Don’t Make This Mistake Twice

Conscious Leadership Scenario: Several critical boxes need to be checked if you desire to be a transformational senior executive (Elite Top 1%): leading people, strategic planning, inspiring commitment, managing change, and employee development. Yes, there will be mistakes (learning lessons) along the journey; it’s the only way we learn and become a polished conscious thoughtContinue reading “Conscious Leadership – The Top 1% [Elite] Leaders Don’t Make This Mistake Twice”

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 – The High Growth Talent Conundrum

Conscious Leadership Scenario: Venture capital funding has been driving the innovation engine in high-tech for decades, now with hundreds of high growth businesses being catapulted out of the machine. The rate of change in these businesses is astounding, with rapid changes in maturity on a monthly basis. So how do you find and then hireContinue reading “Conscious Leadership – The High Growth Talent Conundrum”

Conscious Leadership – How Successful Conscious Leaders Overcome Resistance

Conscious Leadership Scenario: You’re well on the way to achieving your organizational goal through an extremely thought out vision, but something unexpected happens (imagine that). A cost overrun or a production delay. Vendors and suppliers are confused. Customers become unhappy. Employees start complaining as the problems pile up. Your senior executive leadership team is waiting patientlyContinue reading “Conscious Leadership – How Successful Conscious Leaders Overcome Resistance”

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–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 – Mismatch of Current Talent and Future Strategies

Conscious Leadership Scenario: Business strategies are accelerating quickly. Digital technology, artificial intelligence, and robotics are all changing how we do business. These dramatic changes often force today’s leaders to be more reflective of where a business has been than where it’s going. As a result, the competencies of today’s senior executives don’t always align withContinue reading “Conscious Leadership – Mismatch of Current Talent and Future Strategies”

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”