As many of you know, I have a passion for helping good leaders become great leaders. Most good leaders succeed despite their various flaws…keep reading to learn one way to move toward greatness!

Each morning I do a quick review of what needs to be done for the day. One day last week, as I was doing this routine, I realized I was physically and mentally tired! Just plain worn out. It doesn’t really matter what got me there. It happens. And, I know I am not alone.

Bion was fascinated by what he called the "thought process" that human beings engage in when in groups. The thought process deals with how the authority figure in the group thinks about, feels about, and behaves toward the group; and, in return, how the group thinks about, feels about, and behaves toward the authority figure. After many years of studying this thought process, Bion found that there are very specific patterns of behavior that occur in any group.

I recently got back from a week in Kenya meeting with leaders…

How often do you hear the phrase, “I’m sorry.” As a coach, I hear it fairly often. Here are a few I have heard (or, cough, cough, said myself) in the last week or so.

Here’s the quick answer: No, you don’t have to like change, but you should probably learn how to deal with it.

How do you find a way forward? How do you show resilience? How do you keep a positive attitude?

Week after week, this is how the conversation went …

VP: “How are you?”

Me: “I’m good. How are you?”

Ever thought failure was okay? I think it is! I often work with leaders who need to improve an underdeveloped skill or need to correct a bad habit or blind spot in their leadership. The improvement or correction doesn’t happen overnight.

Take a quick survey of all the people you work with on a daily basis. Chances are you interact with people representing every generation: Baby Boomers, Generation Xers, and the latest addition to the workforce, Millennials.

Although, I was exercising great impulse control, what I was really doing was turtling up; pulling myself into my shell of avoidance to protect myself.

I’m seeing this a lot these days. COVID disruptions, racial tensions, and so much more are pushing people to bottle up what they are feeling and resting in their natural communication style.

Connection comes naturally to most of us. That’s because we are wired to express ourselves and be connected with others. Just look at the usage of Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok. Most of us have an innate desire to be known and seen. However, when this need is not satisfied by people, we begin to look to other things to fill our need.

I think everyone would agree that Coronavirus has impacted all our lives. It may have caused changes in our jobs, finances, home life, routines, responsibilities, cherished activities, our health, the health of our loved ones, and simply the ability to see friends and family. I suspect these changes have spurred a variety of emotion – fear, sadness, anxiety and loneliness. For me, it’s been anger.

About once a year, I look up an article1 from The Atlantic called “The Confidence Gap.” This article explains the evidence which reveals that women are less self-assured than men.

My prediction is that this time alone is going to reinvent business as we have come to know it.