Why Tolerance Instead of Talent Is the True Barrier to Performance Here’s the truth no one wants to admit: 2025 didn't fail you, your tolerance did. It wasn't the market, the economy, remote work, hybrid arrangements, or competitive pressures. The biggest obstacle to performance came from within your...
Elevation, Excellence, and Legacy If Italy taught lessons in creativity and connection, Switzerland demonstrated lessons in clarity and composure. It was leadership at its best. As our Embark group left Milan’s elegance for the Swiss Alps, the journey became a reflection on leadership at its highest level....
Perspective, Patience, and People Leadership perspectives often broaden when we venture outside the familiar. Sometimes, the best leadership lessons aren’t in a conference room but on a journey that shows how culture, history, and human connection reveal what true leadership is. Leadership lessons don’t always happen in...
Opportunity sometimes appears to you in the guise of seemingly insurmountable problems. But someone must solve them. Those leaders who persevere despite the obstacles emerge as icons, having inspired others by their example in times of crisis. Since the pandemic started I have been busier...
When I’m working with a senior-level client that I’m grooming to achieve a Predictable Promotion®, we start with personal growth. You have to rid yourself of old burdens and baggage in the form of belief systems that hold you back. Those aren’t apparent to us,...
Every senior executive I coach in Fortune 500 companies faces nonstop leadership challenges. They endure mergers, have to keep raising the bar on quarterly performance and productivity, and feel constant pressure to innovate. They achieve one goal or launch one initiative. Then another obstacle appears...
Do you have the background and experience, but still lack the confidence to lead? Do you keep comparing yourself to others or trying to imitate them, because you doubt your own abilities? You may want to reach your ultimate potential, but you’re scared that you’ll...
I like working with really successful leaders because they are driven to push themselves to greater career heights. Each has a unique definition of what success looks like to them. But typically they want more influence and responsibility, more lucrative compensation, or a greater sense...
I love to remind my executive leadership clients of the Charles Swindoll quote, “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” Maybe someone less qualified than you got that promotion at work, or maybe you weren’t asked to speak on...
I was inspired to write this blog post after attending the recent SHRM-Atlanta Conference 2014 where I heard Tom Darrow, SPHR from Talent Connections, speak to a standing-room-only audience. His topic was Managing Your Career in HR, and his presentation reminded me of the early years...