Business Communication and Leadership Blog

What Keith Richards Taught Me About Partnerships

One of the upsides (or depending on your view, downsides) of being a leadership coach is that I see leadership lessons everywhere. A television interview provides a cautionary tale about executive presence, an actor in a movie sets an example for finding connection, or a seemingly unrelated book has an interesting takeaway for management. In…

Faceless Tragedies: What Your Response to Japan Says About Human Behavior

Like most Americans, I’ve been watching the horrific images out of Japan and trying to put myself in the shoes of the people I see on the screen. I feel helpless, stunned, and ready to do something, but what? I can donate money, which I’ve done, and that makes me feel somewhat better. But then…

And the road leads here

For more than three years, I’ve been penning a leadership column for Entrepreneur.com called the Leadership Factor based on my own experience running a company for a decade, and then as an executive coach. I’ve loved it. I’ve interviewed admired business leaders and authors, examined all sorts of leadership issues, and profiled stories of role…