START YOUR WEEK WITH THE COACH "What Does It Take To Stop You?" "Before success comes to any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is quit. That's...

START YOUR WEEK WITH THE COACH "You can't lead people by pushing unless you want to push them out the door.” Great leaders lead from the front. It’s called inspiration. They seldom lack good people wanting to join their team, and never wanting to leave. Poor leaders...

START YOUR WEEK WITH THE COACH ”Is your leadership creating a culture of justice and fairness, or one of confusion and mistrust?” “Organizations that are willing to share, withhold in order to further the growth, willing to try to get a better atmosphere through a...

START YOUR WEEK WITH THE COACH “Young leaders deserve a chance to lead before they are qualified seniors at Denny's or Red Lobster.” Current leaders must mentor future leaders and give them ever increasing and more challenging leadership opportunities. If not, you...

START YOUR WEEK WITH THE COACH "Is your purpose clear and your expectations understood? If not, why are you still leading?” "Well, what did you expect?" People operate and perform based on their own world view. In absence of your clear expectations, they create their...

START YOUR WEEK WITH THE COACH "Great leaders know respect is earned, not demanded.” You can demand obedience from those on your team, but only from those who are fearful or lack confidence. However, the fearful or those lacking confidence will let you down at...

START YOUR WEEK WITH THE COACH "Are you a leader people want to follow, or one they want to avoid?" At a conference, a senior executive was asked to share about her leadership experience with the organization. At first, she said all the right things which is exactly...

START YOUR WEEK WITH THE COACH “Do you want to change what people think, or do you want them to have a winning performance?” Winning performance is a function of what happens as a consequence of the action, not anything that occurs before. People do what they do...

START YOUR WEEK WITH THE COACH “The DNA of an Inspirational leader.” 1. They have feet like a chicken. In case you don’t know, chickens can't walk backwards. 2. They are passionate about maintaining a life-long learning curve. 3. They expect the best, first from...

START YOUR WEEK WITH THE COACH ”If things aren't changing--what is the purpose of your leadership?” If you don't like change, you're going to like being irrelevant even less. The only thing definite in life is change. If you have ever made a New Year's Resolution you...