This past month, I’ve been noticing the importance of an extremely key element in making the leap from the ordinary to the extraordinary….This piece in the puzzle is having the right people with you, around you and supporting you. Jim Collins puts it, in his book Good to Great, ‘having the right people on the bus’. Continue reading →

Do you wish you were more productive? Are you caught in the trap of being extremely busy but you still don’t feel productive? Are you ‘productive’ yet you don’t reach your goals? Continue reading →

Is wisdom something we can acquire? Can we become wiser? Many of us think that wisdom comes with age and experience. The fact is that many people do not necessarily grow wise with age and experience because they never utilize their experience to teach themselves anything. Continue reading →

Studies show that a key behavior of a successful person is that they plan for the long haul. You will hear them sometimes talk about what they are working on for the next 12 months, their plans for 24 months, 5 years and if you press them they will probably tell you their 20 year vision. Continue reading →

There comes a time in everyone’s journey, myself included, when important but very difficult decisions need to be made. It’s at these times you begin to realize the enormity of the cost of your dream. Living out your dream, involves making sacrifices. Continue reading →

Does envisioning come easily to you? In leading your own life and being a leader of people, it all starts right here. If you haven’t defined your vision, your direction is unclear. If you haven’t got clear dreams, you are most probably following other peoples. If you haven’t created a clear picture of the future, your decisions are most probably reactions to circumstances without too much strategy. Continue reading →

With those you lead, one of the most powerful ways you can influence them is to park your opinion and allow them to find their own answer. Parking your opinion for the sake of this mission is a great first step in becoming a powerful influential leader of others Continue reading →

Here’s one simple blindingly obvious skill that if you use consistently will probably more than any other lead you forward to reaching your destiny and your fullest potential – I’m going to call it wait for it……. follow-through. Continue reading →

Have you ever thought about the importance of being aware of and understanding the season you are in? Everything in our personal lives, the life of an organization and even the life of a product has seasons. Continue reading →

There are certain times of the year when it’s a great time to reflect, to assess what’s happened so far this year, to celebrate, commiserate, to congratulate yourself on your achievements, be thankful, and process all the change. Reflecting on what has changed is a great way to take charge of the ship of your life that has a momentum of its own and will keep moving forward whether you choose to steer it or not….. Continue reading →