A Leader’s Guide to Building Relationships and Employee Engagement

Growing as a leader is a lifelong journey. Over the next nine weeks I will share tangible ways you can become a better leader.  Each week I will share an excerpt from my ebook a Leader’s Guide to Building Relationships and Employee Engagement.   Each blog will start with sharing a concept that is proven […]

Detour Ahead

I frequently run a loop around  a lake in the Laguna Niguel Regional Park.   Today, I ran into a detour.  They were working on the bridge so I couldn’t go on my normal route.  Instead, I headed out of the park using a different exit and ran past a road leading up the hill. […]

Leading in a Matrix Organization

In a matrix organization the emphasis is on sharing expert/specialist resources across projects that may, themselves, have shared leadership between project management and functional management. Because of this, for a matrix organization to be successful, it must emphasize team, collaboration, communication, relationships, accountability and shared systems and processes.\n\n \n\nThe ability to be proactive and act independently, […]

35 is the new 80

Remember the days when people bragged about the hours they logged at the office.   It was a badge of honor to be the last person to leave the office.   The tide is changing.\n\nI was reconnecting with a colleague recently and we were sharing stories as business owners about the constant pull to do just one more […]