Why Do We Make Personal Change So Hard?

Over the years I’ve worked with many lead­ers who say they want to improve their skills and devel­op as peo­ple. Yet, I’ve often watched them strug­gle when cre­at­ing, and espe­cial­ly imple­ment­ing any list of behav­ioral action steps. Per­son­al change, it seems, sud­den­ly becomes reduced to a set of chores. We all know about habit, com­fort… Con­tin­ue read­ing Why Do We Make Per­son­al Change So Hard?

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Small World

In response to a request from long-time blog­ger, Miguel Guh­lin, I’ve been asked to write some­thing as part of a meme on “how blog­ging has rocked your world.” If you are inter­est­ed in con­tribut­ing your own sto­ry, check out the link to the meme on Miguel’s web­site. I’ve been blog­ging since 2004, being encour­aged by… Con­tin­ue read­ing Small World

The Third Journey of Leadership

The first jour­ney of lead­er­ship is about con­fi­dence and achieve­ment. It involves under­stand­ing and apply­ing per­son­al gifts, con­scious­ly and uncon­scious­ly. The first jour­ney estab­lish­es a unique world­ly con­tri­bu­tion and results in the strength of per­son­al pride.  The sec­ond jour­ney is about tip­ping over the edge into the dark­ness of blind spots, from overuse of strengths and… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Third Jour­ney of Leadership