The first of Erik Erickson's eight stages of psychosocial development, is Trust vs. Mistrust. That is attained when a parent (primarily the mother) can leave a child without the child becoming anxious or enraged, because the child ...READ»
I had parked my car in a pay parking lot prior to a meeting. I knew this type of parking lot accepted only cash, and figured I'd just hit up an ATM after my meeting and get on with my day. After my meeting I realized that my wife ...READ»
Time and money wasted is time and money gone forever. And a waste of time and money means some other positive thing that could have happened, didn’t.
The “Good Enough” rule is especially applicable to the Working Procedures ...READ»
Leadership is not all that complicated. If a leader inspires Confidence, engenders Trust and commands Respect, people will gladly follow. On the other hand if a leader triggers doubt, engenders distrust and elicits disrespect, ...READ»
Getting your mind on track to win
Visualization – The Eye of a Tiger
In the late 1980’s an area of the prefrontal cortex macaque monkeys was discovered that has been named the “mirror neuron” ...READ»
Leadership is creating the possibility of a future
that wasn't going to happen
and then enrolling others
into taking action to fulfill that future.
- Ivan Rosenberg, CEO, Frontier Associates
Through The ...READ»
THE LONG-GAME: Why the doldrums are more critical than the fanfare.
I love coming out with something new and exciting - a new brand, a new website – and having it lauded… I love the hype! Love the fanfare!
And than ...READ»
One month ago, I wrote an entry on InBev's unsolicited takeover of Anheuser-Busch. At the time, I worried about Anheuser-Busch's attempt to use patriotism in its favor to ward off a potential buyout and suggested that by ...READ»
One of Freud's dictums was: "Where id is, let ego be." In essence, replace your runaway impulses (Id) with a more reason/reality driven (Ego) approach to life. Not a bad guide
to live by, given the times of Freud and the ...READ»
Today I want to look back at what I've done over the past few months and register a complaint with reality! Why did I wait so long to move on?
After months (or years, actually) of planning and preparation, we loaded up the ...READ»
Before you hire your next President, COO (or even CEO to be hired by a board) circulate among all the people who work at your company this request to be answered anonymously:
"A search is now being conducted for a new ...READ»
A few years ago I was on an Ernst & Young "Milestones" panel in Boston speaking to an audience of venture capitalists, investment bankers and entrepreneurs.
One of the VC's told me one of the most clarifying ...READ»
Dear Friends at Fast Company,
I hope you will join me for a free TeleForum hosted by Marshall Goldsmith and Patricia Wheeler on June 25, 12 Noon EST entitled: "Prevent Your Career's Biggest Tragedy."
Info below: ...READ»
As I have been speaking with CEO's I know, I have been noticing a phenomena.
Some CEO's who did not create/invent the core service or product that their company is based on feel that they are not the real deal. They just ...READ»
Recently I was at a Coaching Best Practices Conference at INSEAD Global Leadership Centre in Fontainebleau. To say the conference itself blew me away is an understatement. Stay tuned for many posts to come.
For now however, ...READ»
Just because you feel afraid
doesn't mean you have to act afraid.
If you haven't noticed, fear or at least anxiety is in the air. All you need to do is look deeply into people's eyes -- from Jane and John Doe to Presidential ...READ»
The parents of baby boomers, born around WWI, living through the Great Depression and fighting in WWII had many reasons to be fearful, but didn’t give into it. Still, their fears managed to help them keep a lid on runaway ...READ»
One of Freud’s dictums was: “Where id is, let ego be.” In essence, replace your runaway impulses (Id) with a more reason/reality driven (Ego) approach to life. Not a bad guide
to live by, given the times of Freud and the ...READ»
Show me someone who hasn't thought through a BATNA
(Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement) and I'll show you Hillary Clinton.
BATNA is a term first developed by negotiation researchers Roger Fisher and Bill Ury of the ...READ»
I have been a huge fan of James Ray’s material since I first heard him speak a few years ago. He’s the author of The Science of Success, which helped me get my second business started two years ago, but I am even more ...READ»
In anxious times, keep a leash on your fearful aggression
and embolden your fearful avoidance.
If you don't get a handle on your anxiety,
it will manhandle you.
Fearful
aggression is what every show dog trainer ...READ»
Hillary Clinton waged a negative campaign and it sounds like John McCain is getting bankrolled to do the same thing. Barack Obama can be occasionally pulled down to that level, but clearly he doesn't like to engage in dirty or ...READ»
I love flip-flopping as I look at the Presidential campaign through the lens of emotional intelligence. Maybe I should run for office.
Here goes my current iteration.
Obama is a charmer, not a fighter. Clinton is a ...READ»
It’s not what you can do (Obama) or what you will do (Clinton),
it’s what you’ve already done
that has made a positive, lasting and measurable difference
that earns you leverage.
I
was trying to figure out my ...READ»
"This
Presidential campaign is starting to be a circus," my friend proclaimed to me.
Talk about
flashbacks. I immediately thought of the
O.J. Simpson criminal trial in which I ...READ»
