Leadership development & business development tools

ShareMost of us live inside our comfort zone. We can’t help it.  Our minds and instincts are designed to ensure our survival so they work hard at protecting us from taking risks and ending our lives, relationships or careers.
We see scary things and people where they really aren’t.  The fear is in our mind, but [...]

ShareYou’ve heard the phrase ‘time is money’  When you invest your time on the right activities, it makes sense that you (and your department or company) make more money.  Problem is, we often spend our time on what’s comfortable or what’s urgent.
Here are some quick tips to leverage your time so you can make more [...]

ShareIf you’ve ever wondered why your brilliant solutions to address a problem weren’t  met with happiness and acceptance, it’s probably because you didn’t understand the real issue and were trying to fix the wrong thing.
Conflict situations are complex.  They aren’t always about what they seem to be about. People are trying to satisfy different needs [...]

ShareToday’s article is a poem (author unknown) that my friend, Sandy Rogers shared with me in a workshop years ago she was conducting on marketing.
I used to have a comfort zone, where I knew I could not fail.
The same four walls and busy work were really more like jail
I longed so much to do the [...]

ShareI read a lot about conflict and study business communications regularly.  I came across a couple of studies about the time and resource drain that conflict imposes on organizations.
85% of employees report being involved in conflict at work. What does this mean to you? Let’s find out.
Let’s be conservative and assume only 1 hour a [...]