"The tongue has the power of life and death." - Proverbs 18:21a
Have you ever noticed that listening to some people raises your spirit, while listening to others incites within you very negative emotions such as [...]
"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending" - Maria Robinson
Jiri Maley, a principal in the Toronto office of McKinsey & Co., identifies three [...]
"Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them." - Colin Powell
In a recent dialogue with leaders across several disciplines and nations, the issue of context or environment became the [...]
“We've always treated the historical context of a particular time as a kind of sidebar to any discussion about business leadership. But we've found that context is far more salient than we ever imagined.” - Nitin Nohria (Dean, [...]
"The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love." - Tennessee Williams
A part of relationship-building is understanding people’s motivations. This is a necessary skill especially when addressing entrenched habits. The [...]
"Leadership is getting people to work for you when they are not obligated" - Fred Smith, CEO of FedEx
The second level of leadership is Building Relationships. This is the foundation of leadership. At this level of [...]
"What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from." - T.S. Eliot
'Vision', 'big picture', 'dream' ... Whatever the [...]
"The beginning is the most important part of the work" - Plato
January is always viewed as a beginning. For some, it is the beginning of the last quarter of the fiscal year and the time [...]
"Standing on the mountain, if you aim for less than the stars, you won't reach the sky." - SNR
"What's the bottom line?" A question that we have heard repeatedly and in many different contexts. In [...]
"The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity." - Zig Ziglar
Many persons look to the executive level of organizations for leadership on issues of integrity. The acceptable and expected behaviours of [...]