Get to the Point: Less is More

Mar 23, 2016 | BRIEF

Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the past 20 years, I have worked with hundreds—maybe even thousands—of leaders, executives, and military personnel and have heard countless stories about how someone’s inability to get to the point quickly transformed into disaster....

Most People Think You Talk Too Much (But Will Never Tell You)

Mar 20, 2016 | BRIEF

Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently, I got a painful email from someone who didn’t land a really important job because he talked too much. Understandably frustrated, he wanted to do something about it immediately, so he went online and searched a few keywords and...

Six Useful Apps for Leaders

Mar 16, 2016 | Leadership

Reading Time: 3 minutesBusy doesn’t cut it. We are all busy, running from one meeting to another, putting out fires, keeping an open-door policy for the “do you have a sec?” conversations, an overflowing inbox, and more…all while making sure your company is running...

How Great Leaders Use Failure to Succeed

Mar 13, 2016 | Leadership

Reading Time: 2 minutes“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — Confucius Failure can be life’s greatest teacher, as is evidenced by some of the most successful people in the world. Steve Jobs was fired seven years...

6 Tips to Stay Calm Under Pressure

Mar 9, 2016 | Leadership

Reading Time: 3 minutesA leader’s days are pretty much filled with putting out fires. When you solve one problem, another one comes up. This can go on and on for days and suddenly your easy-to-manage task list becomes overwhelming and unbearable. Sometimes it looks...