No one means to be ineffective, just like we don’t mean to not return phone calls, or text messages, or emails...

The proverbial “elephant” in the room. You’ve experienced it...

We all have areas where we are confident and where we aren’t.  The trick is to...

Office workers waste an average of 40% of their workday.  Not because they aren’t smart, but because...

With statements like, “When you talk, make sure you have earned it first” makes you pause and sit up straight.   At the heart of his work is

Time management is much more effective if you first focus on commitment management.  As you determine which commitments you will make or...

It’s easier to treat people the way they want to be treated if you have some idea of what they want. DISC helps with that. DISC...

For leaders, like you, it's important to operate from the prefrontal cortex, or CEO, part of your brain when you need to make decisions....

Does this sound like you?  You’ve been reading leadership and self-improvement books for years.  Going to classes and knocking yourself...

There’s a part of being emotionally intelligence that is key to leaders successfully creating collaborative outcomes and it would appear...

I am a big fan of people who love to analyze data and thoroughly think through things. My behavioral type as a high Driver/Influencer...

The lack of trust could be costing you and your company money.  When it exists in your work environment...

Taking a day this summer to reorganize your workspace for higher levels of efficiency can be worth the investment of your time. Working...

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Whatever the desired outcomes you set for this year, you had some steps along the way you wanted to take....

Here’s 5 qualities to keep in mind when measuring a new hire’s or future leader’s potential...

They discovered that the easiest way to let folks know how they wanted people to act...

We all know the type of people that are just plain nice. They are the ones that are always asking how they can help. As leaders...

At the end of many days, you may feel like you sorted gravel instead of focusing on your big rocks. In the previous article, we learned...

We’ve all attended bad meetings.  Meetings that take too long and that have one person monopolizing the conversation the whole time.  I posted this guide recently on LinkedIn that some people could utilize in a meeting to decide whether or not they should speak up and when. Some people loved it and others seemed angry.  I remember the moment Courtland James , one of our executive coaches at Cortex, gave it to me to review.  I said to him, “Wow, this could really help some of