You may be wondering if Traveling Light is suddenly becoming a fashion magazine, but in fact SCARF is an acronym I learned from Dov Pollack, Senior Learning Consultant at Hills Physicians Medical Group. It’s based primarily on brain research summarized in a paper by David...
Resolutions are great, but only if we act on them. By this stage in your career, resolutions are at least 50% head game, if not 80% or more. Let’s borrow our tools, then, from the ultimate head game: The Olympics. Think about it. At this...
So that I never assume, here’s a brief list of services I can provide to you: Hone your leadership and influence through 1:1 executive coaching, group coaching, workshops, and webinars Build your leadership team through assessments, feedback, workshops, and retreats Provide guidance on how to lead a business...
Have you ever tried to lead a major organizational change that failed? I did years ago, and it hurt! I still remember the sting and the embarrassment of having to retract all of my bold statements and retreat from my position. That’s why, ever since, I’ve...
What does authentic leadership mean to you? For many of the leaders I know, August is the month in which they take their only vacation of a week’s duration or more, making it the perfect time to reflect on the deeper meaning of the word....
The first step in becoming an outstanding leadership team is to get a clear picture in your minds of what your team “looks like” if you are truly outstanding. What should you consider? What is likely to trip you up? What could you plan and...
Many Traveling Light readers long ago mastered the fundamentals of taking on a new team, so today I’d like to share my favorite all-purpose technique to step up your game. This technique is the new leader assimilation focus group. The focus group is comprised of your...
What do executives hate more than anything else in the world? Surprises. Even good surprises can be suspect, because now they must replicate them, but they don’t know how it happened in the first place. Very unnerving. The inherent dynamic in an organization, though, absolutely sets up...
Joe never meant to work for the same huge company three times, but without fail, each time he left to join the adventuresome world of a start-up, the start-up was acquired by his former employer within two years. Joe is one of ...
Today I’m going to introduce you to an insidious little brat that lives inside all of us. This little dude does fancy card tricks that keep us from seeing what’s really happening, and goes to great lengths to make sure we don’t...