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Are Your Conversation Skills Actually a Catastrophe?

If your hope is to become a more effective transformational leader, it’s imperative your conversation skills are rock solid and inspiring, not a catastrophe! Great leaders don’t rule from a lofty throne; they build a community of committed team members around them. If you hope to have any chance of becoming a better leader, you […]

12 Proven Keys That Will Make You Achieve Greatness, Part 1 of 3

Recently I shared with you some of the paths to greatness and why being a great person matters to your business. (See Why Greatness Matters to Your Business and Life) Now it’s time to start on your own path to achieving greatness. Here are the first four of the 12 proven keys that will make you […]

The 5 Costly Effects of Insubordination

Left unchecked, insubordination can tear your organization apart from limb to limb. An insubordinate employee can have significant negative effects on your organization due to his ability to incite dissent among team members and frustrate executives and leaders by under-performing his duties, as well as his willingness to ignore the needs of customers and clients. An employee […]

Why Greatness Matters to Your Business and Life

If you’re reading this, you’ve identified yourself as a leader, an entrepreneur and/or a high achiever. You’ve likely amassed decades of experience in your industry and count yourself as highly skilled. But are you great? What does it take to be a truly great person? And why does it matter to become a great person? […]

10 Tricks To Eliminate Procrastination From Your Life

We’re bright people, right? We know what we should be doing, so why aren’t we doing it? Left unchecked, procrastination can lead to all sorts of problems and the longer we defer a pressing task, the guiltier we feel. For many of us, procrastination is our kryptonite. Generally, there are three reasons why we procrastinate:

Steve Smith: My 3 Steps for Playing in Your Zone and Achieving Professional Excellence

Playing in your zone is a wonderful place to be. It’s those moments when everything is not only going right but it feels effortless. It’s as though you have done it a million times and each time the outcome is better and better. When you are operating in your zone, you are mentally at a […]

Larry Broughton on Hotel Interactive Podcast: The Leadership Gap

Recently, Larry was featured on Hotel Interactive. He answered some very interesting questions that will enlighten leaders on how to develop a better organization. According to statistics, 70% of the American Workforce is disengaged or actively disengaged. There are primary leaders who struggle in a secondary leadership role. And there are many workers who go […]