Jesus believed in his followers, not alone for what they were, but for what they had the possibilities to become. While others would have se...

Most important, the leader of the business and his or her leadership team are deeply engaged in all three [picking other leaders, setting th...

Businesses that execute... prosecute with rigor, intensity, and depth. Which people will do the job, and how will they be judged and held ac...

You are the architect of fear. It's coming from you, and your blind insistence that you should somehow not be fearful only reinforces th...

If love is missing? Be that. If connection is absent? Be that. If it's understanding, friendship, or acceptance that's needed, it...

Expanded self-awareness... is one of the most important outcomes of any feedback process. People with little self-awareness are often puzzle...

A final way I tightened up meetings was to discourage people from coming to my office afterward to tell me what they “couldn’t say in the me...

Confirm key decisions and next steps . Recap what was decided in the meeting, who is accountable for following through, when implementation ...

A collection of quotes from David Goggins: Denial is the ultimate comfort zone. Tell yourself the truth! That you’ve wasted enough time, and...

Organizational change expert Rick Maurer explains, “There [aren’t] ‘resisters’ out there just waiting to ruin our otherwise perfect interve...

Accountability breeds response-ability . Commitment and involvement produce change. In training executives, we use a step-by-step, natural, ...

Performance  is what an enterprise does to deliver improved results for its stakeholders in financial and operational terms. It's evalua...

"Communication is one of the most important skills that a leader and, frankly, most employees now need to excel on the job." ...

One of a leader’s most important jobs is to drive employee trust. Without it, you cannot drive change and accountability. When I was CEO ...

One of the first rules of business is complaining is not a strategy. You have to work with the world as you find it, not as you would h...

1. Executives must lead by example in the area of safety as well as every other aspect of ethical business. This includes, for exampl...

LinkedIn manages its teams using a task-tracking system called ‘Objectives and Key Results,’ abbreviated as “OKRs.” First developed by Andy...

Five critical components must be present in order to implement effective safety leadership. 1. Your company must first establish a fi...

Today, most assume that Xbox was somehow destined to be a winner, but having been Microsoft’s chief Xbox officer, I am here to report that ...

Real leaders don’t “give assignments”—they ask for commitments. They understand that the initial conversation is a chance to frame the enti...