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Are you prioritizing agendas over PEOPLE? New episode alert‼️ This week, my guest Douglas Conant throws down the hammer on a HUGE oversight:

Save the date: The BLUEPRINT Leadership Summit is back by popular demand!

📅 Mark your calendar for Mon. 4/22 through Fri. 4/26.

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It's a new week! Let's follow Arthur Ashe's sage words: "Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can." There

Finding your leadership purpose starts with answering this simple question: Why do you *choose* leadership?

The truth is, you don't have to lead. The

Leaders, here is my secret for leadership "time travel."

As a handy framework, you can use these three "time zones" as a checklist

How to find joy in your work? Take care of yourself first, enjoy the journey, and model the behavior you want to see.

Feeling stagnant on some of your long-term goals? It's a common occurrence for busy leaders. To help, here are 5 ways to get

In the early 1990s, I was trying to find my footing as an executive at RJR Nabisco in the tumultuous aftermath of the company’s

Yes, this may seem like a blinding glimpse of the obvious, but listening is essential to effective leadership, and it often appears that

Some Wednesday #leadership thoughts: Leadership is not a one-way street.

How will you give people the energy to do great work?

How can

It has been my honor to serve the non-profit CECP (Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose) for nearly 15 years—10 of those years as

Hopefully, we all know that courage is essential to effective leadership. But how do we start to build it as a skill?

What's

"Your employees aren’t robotic paycheck cashers. They’re human beings."

Couldn't agree more, Jathan Janove.

Contrary to popular belief, "thank you" does not go without

I talk a lot about the importance of leadership courage.

So here's an uplifting reminder about courage as we head into the weekend:

📣 Speaker Spotlight: Jessica Bigazzi Foster

📅 Join us Mon. 4/22 at 12PM Eastern time, as the week-long #BLUEPRINTSummit kicks off with our first

Jane Hyun, visionary creator of the Cultural Fluency in Leadership approach, has a new book coming out at the end of April and

I wrote this piece honoring Warren Bennis and his leadership legacy back in 2014. And I feel his influence just as powerfully a

Retired Univ. of Alabama football coach Nick Saban says that 'transformational' leadership means: “You care. You have a vision, you have a

I want to personally invite my network to the seventh annual Warren Bennis Leadership Experience. This event was designed to develop students into

Gratitude is active, not passive; more than a feeling, gratitude requires behaviors and action. It doesn’t happen by accident. It requires intention and