Five Ways to Find Your Focus

If you want to be an exceptional leader, you’ll have to come to grips with an indisputable reality. Your energy flows where your attention goes. Said differently, whatever you choose to focus on is where your precious energy will be spent.
Make Your Meetings Great Again

It’s been said that meetings are a place where minutes are kept and hours are lost. And for good reason. Not only are most meetings not necessary, but they seem to drag on to the point where, at first, you’re kind of afraid you might die, then you come to the stark realization that you may not. But here’s the interesting thing. Even though everyone seems to share this sentiment, we are spending more time in meetings now than ever before.
Workplace Civility

A wise leader is teaching his young apprentices the key to bringing out the very best in others. “A fight is going on inside all of us,” the wise leader said to his young protégés. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves.”
Invisibility IS a Leadership Superpower

Superman had super strength, super speed, and super vision (and he could freaking FLY). Batman possessed physical perfection and intellect. Wonder Woman carried the golden lasso. The Green Lantern sported his magic ring. And just like the superheroes of our youth, as leaders, we all have superpowers too.
Eating Well is Leading Well

Ever wonder what would happen if you swore off ultra-processed foods for a month?
The Importance of Texting Less and Talking More

Clinical psychologist Catherine Steiner-Adair said it best, “…Texting is the worst possible training ground for anyone aspiring to a mature, loving, sensitive relationship.”
Conquering Criticism

As a Leader of LIGHT, your job is to sell the dream. And not just a dream, the dream.
Spilling the Beans

As Leaders of LIGHT, we get paid to make sure that all the trains run on time. Some days, it’s easy. Some days, it’s not. And some days, despite our best efforts, we just need a little help. And that’s where caffeine comes in.
The Importance of Setting High Standards

The quality of your leadership will be reflected in the standards you set for yourself.
The One Thing

For decades, researchers have been obsessed with finding out what separates great leaders from just good ones. And now we may have the answer.