By Whit Mitchell
A number of years ago my son tried out for the local high school lacrosse team as a freshman. He had played soccer and hockey and thought lacrosse would be a good fit. He would often come home after practice looking a bit bedraggled and discouraged.Read More
By Trish Candler
Take a ride with me on a winding county road, pitch black with no streetlights, only an occasional flicker of a light at the house far away. Read More
By Courtney Feider
There is a sea-change afoot in the way the world connects. For a couple of years, this has been brewing in the share economy, manifesting in an explosion of B-Corp businesses, and surfacing in self-published dialogue via social media. In 2016, it’s reached a tipping point and has taken root in the business world, showing up in corporations and small and medium businesses in equal measure.Read More
By Ron Price
No matter what we want to accomplish in life, little gets done without the cooperation of others. We interact with employees, employers, customers, suppliers, family members, friends and acquaintances. Read More
By Ryan Lisk
Yes, that’s a reference to the country song by David Allen Code from 1975.
The customer service department for one of my clients had just completed a weeklong surprise audit by a federal agency, and passed it with flying colors.Read More
By Jay Steven Levin
There’s a relevant blog post making the rounds currently that encourages “radical candor in workplace leaders.” It’s both well written and well thought out, and authored by a former Googler. It addresses the need for, as the author puts it, creating “bull****-free zones where people love their work and working together.”Read More
As a CEO, director or manager within your organization, what percent of your time each week, month, quarter, even year do you spend dealing with behavioral issues or communication problems?
How often do you drive home from work in a good mood, feeling content with your day? I’d be willing to bet that a satisfying day at work has more to do with the behaviors of those around you than it does with their skills. And the opposite is true when you’ve had a bad day.Read More
A Conversation with Skip Hall About Integrity and Staying on Track
For 40 years, Coach Hall has coached the Doctrine of Excellence—a set of principles that result in recruiting and retaining great teams and achieving superior results in sports, business and life.
Skip is the former head football coach at Boise State University, assistant head coach at the University of Washington and the University of Missouri, and assistant coach at Colorado and Kent State. Over his coaching career, Skip’s teams went to 12 bowl games, including 3 Rose Bowls and the Orange Bowl. Read More
3 Reasons Leaders Struggle with Flexibility
“Think about a tall tree when the wind is blowing. The tree, which looks rigid on a calm day, moves and bends with the wind. It is flexible when under stress but not so flexible that it blows over.” Read More
Why this often overlooked, yet impactful competency defines a leader
“Self-management isn’t something we typically ask leaders to develop. The successful leaders I get to work with are able to work independently, prioritize activities and accomplish high-quality work with clarity of focus. These are the tenants of effective self-management,” says Trish Candler, the newest member of the TCL faculty.
As a Lead Talent Management Consultant with LG&E and KU Energy LLC, Trish specializes in talent management, succession planning, and assessment strategies. We talked with Trish about the importance of self-management, why it’s a daily choice, and how it helps leaders relate to their teams.Read More