When Corporate Values Mean Something

“Values are like fingerprints. Nobody’s are the same, but you leave them all over everything you do.” —Elvis Presley Values drive everything. That was true in the Army, and it’s true in every business I’ve worked with since. In The Power of Being All In, I describe Adaptive Leadership as the compass leaders need in … Read more

What Will Effective Leadership Look Like in the Future? Part 7: “What’s Our Intent?”

“True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” — Rick Warren, as quoted in The Purpose Driven Life In the concept of adaptive leadership that I discuss in The Power of Being All In: Transformative Times Demand Transformational Leadership there is a powerful underlying theme – humility.  The best … Read more

What Will Effective Leadership Look Like in the Future? Part 6: We’re Back. Now What?

“Situational Awareness is the understanding of an environment, its elements, and how it changes with respect to time or other factors” (per Wikipedia). Now that COVID has ebbed, many leaders have been trying to return to the life they once knew. It’s a natural tendency to seek comfort by restoring old habits.  Seems like everyone … Read more

What Will Effective Leadership Look Like in the Future? | Part 4: What If Our Culture Could Change?

This is part of an ongoing series of blogs based on the latest Level Five Associates book, The Power of Being All In. What Will Effective Leadership Look Like in the Future? Part 4 — What If Our Culture Could Change? “If we are to preserve (our) culture, we must continue to create it.” — Johan … Read more

What are the Impacts? | Part 1: Invest or Else

This is the latest entry in a series of blogs based on the latest Level Five Associates book, The Power of Being All In. One of the executives I interviewed in The Power of Being All In, Andrew Sewnauth, President and CEO of CDS Life Transitions, had this to say: “I think talent management lies … Read more

What’s Happening to Us? | Part 6: The Communication Desert

This is the latest entry in a series of blogs based off the latest Level Five Associates book, The Power of Being All In. Research has shown that body language and tone can account for up to 93% of communication, leaving only 7% for words.  If that is the case, then most electronic forms of … Read more