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How do you measure productivity? Would your individual team members measure it the same way? What’s the impact and how should you keep score?

When things on the leadership team feel chaotic and it’s difficult to stay disciplined, DOUBLE DOWN on that discipline. There are 3 keys to stem the chaos and move towards your longer term vision. Learn the 3 keys here

A great leader is a COACHABLE leader: their team gets better, they’re better able to attract great people, and better able to create a breakthrough leadership team. But what exactly makes someone coachable?

Delaying the firing of an underperformer due to a fear of being short-staffed is called the C-player trap. Leaders think, If I lose this person now, I’ll have a big mess to clean up so they wait until things break. My advice? Fire fast, hire slow

Do you immerse yourself or do you multitask when you commit to a new training? What you take out of it depends on how you do it. I talk more about it here

Are you letting perfect be the enemy of good when it comes to your KPIs? I don’t care if you start with scribbles on a napkin in your weekly meeting. Just start!

This cab driver wanted to know where I invested my money. I didn’t have the real estate answers he was hoping for, but I did have a question for him.

A 2022 Capital One business survey said that 52% of business owners haven't taken a vacation in over a year. Read my latest blog post on the importance of taking a break.

How do you come up with priorities for your organization, so that when everyone focuses on those priorities, the ENTIRE company moves towards its vision?

We don’t talk enough about company culture in the age of remote work. We need to be really proactive about creating those informal culture-building moments when we work remotely, because otherwise, they won’t happen. Read more about this on my blog.

What if there isn’t an ‘over’ to the ‘whelm’? What if you’re waiting for something that doesn’t exist? In this video I talk about ‘whelm’ — yes, it’s a word! — and why it’s not a time management problem.

Are you screwing up your performance reviews? Learn the two biggest mistakes leaders make in the following article.

Have you ever had a goal that felt like once you achieved it, EVERYTHING (your happiness, your success, etc) will change? And then you do achieve it, and…surprise…things feel kind of the same. There’s a name for that. Find out more about it in this video

What if the universe conspired to help you achieve the things you want to achieve? What questions would you ask when faced with wrongdoings and obstacles.

I look back at my Hester Street sign to remind me to look forward. It’s easy to forget. But here’s why we absolutely need it.

Affirmations are not just bullsh*t positive thinking. They’re instrumental in finding pathways to the outcomes you want to achieve.

What do you do when times are really tough? Do you leverage your community, your coaches, your friends, your family, your teammates to help you? Or do you create kind of a protective cocoon around?

Not enough organizations think about hiring a coach to help a team become a better team. And your most important team is the leadership team.

The stats say it all: overwhelm is REAL. And stuff happens when we don’t tackle it. Find out more in the full video

I was at dinner recently and was seated next to another speaker who was telling me she once had the chance to start a professional singing career. Then, she got some advice that made her realize it would be incredibly hard to make a good living from it. So, she made the decision to abandon that career and start a new one as a coach.