Game Plans for Success SO MANY PEOPLE are given the title of a leader when they donât have experience or education with what it means to be a leader. This âsink or swimâ approach can work, but it often takes a long time for a leader to understand what their role is and how best […]
We Manage The Way We Parent AT WORK, we performance-manage our employees the way we parent our kids at home. You want your child to take initiative to do their homework, complete their chores and treat their siblings with respect, so you create the conditions for them to behave in these ways; You reinforce how […]
Why the World Needs Leaders to Shape a Positive Future IF YOU LISTEN to futurists today share their ideas of whatâs to come tomorrow, youâd think you stumbled onto a science fiction channel. And even if half of what we hear is non-fiction, itâs abundantly clear weâre just beginning to experience the kind of change […]
New Policies Are Needed to Address a Variety of Needs THE VIRTUAL workplace is starting to look like our 13-year-old sonâs bedroom: sloppy, unprofessional, and unorganized. The mass migration from a brick and mortar workplace to a virtual network of home-based offices was needed for social distancing, to keep our businesses open and our employees […]
Breaking the Habit of Negative Thinking YOU ARE SELF-AWARE. You read books and watch YouTube videos that help you figure out how to move forward in a positive and powerful way. Like all of us, youâve had disappointments in career, relationships, and romance, but you know some habits and tools can really make a difference. […]
Act on Principles Not Just on Feeling THE US TRADITION of motivation can be found in a rehearsal for the movie, Marathon Man with British actor, Sir Laurence Olivier, and Dustin Hoffman. In the script, Hoffmanâs character is supposed to walk from one side of the room to the other. Instead of doing so, Hoffman […]
Overcommitting creates diminishing returns. YOU ARE THE LINK between vision and action, the connective tissue between potential and success. While senior leaders develop strategies, you and your team bring them to life. You constantly make do with less. Youâre a highly ambitious leader known for getting stuff done. Youâve always been rewarded for your work […]
Why being an ideal leader is more important. IN THE EARLY 17TH CENTURY philosopher RenĂ© Descartesâ famous âI think, therefore I amâ statement and Issac Newtonâs Principia Mathmatica ushered in the scientific age, or as it is also referred, the age of enlightenment. Ideas and thoughts were no longer the property of the church. Everyday […]
What it is, isnât, and how it helps transform companies THE GREEN LIGHT indicated we were live, and the host of the business radio show turned to me, and said, âWe have Dean Newlund here today. Dean is a coach. Dean, which professional sports team do you coach for?â The year was 1995 and coaching […]
How language and accountability reinforce our dysfunction. HOW WE SPEAK and hold others accountable reinforces a myth about personal responsibility. Do any of the following sound familiar? âYou make me madâ, âOn our wedding day you made me the happiest person in the worldâ, âOur 2020 F150 Toyota truck will give you the feeling of […]









