Archive for February, 2010

Positional and Situational Leaders – This Blog’s for You

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 Posted in Is this Blog for You? | Comments Off

Lead Work Play is a blog for leaders – in the best and broadest sense.  Here I talk to and about 2 kinds of leaders -- positional and situational.  Positional ... Read more..

Goodbye Green to Great and Making Whitespace, Hello Lead Work Play!

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 Posted in Is this Blog for You? | Comments Off

Welcome to Lead Work Play! For those of you who are here for the first time, nice to meet you. For those of you who were subscribers to my previous 2 ... Read more..

Mindfulness & Leadership

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 Posted in Brain Power | Comments Off

Below is an excerpt from my most recent article, published in December 2009 in the NeuroLeadership Journal, and co-written with my friend and colleague Dr. Angela Love.  We wrote this ... Read more..

Leadership Coaching – Your Capacities for Play

Monday, February 8th, 2010 Posted in Why You Need Leadership Coaching | Comments Off

Here’s how most of us work – we are constantly ON. Period, end of story. We are constantly on-line and on our cells.  We seldom take vacations and even then we ... Read more..

Leadership Coaching – Your Capacities for Work

Monday, February 8th, 2010 Posted in Why You Need Leadership Coaching | Comments Off

I heard once that the definition of “capacity” literally refers to one’s ability to do work.  Dictionary.com defines capacity a bit more broadly, as the actual or potential ability to ... Read more..

Leadership Coaching – Your Capabilities to Lead

Monday, February 8th, 2010 Posted in Why You Need Leadership Coaching | Comments Off

So why would YOU ever want or need leadership coaching?   First, because of who you are. If you are reading this blog, you already deeply care about your professional success ... Read more..

Leadership Coaching – The ROI for Business & Organizations

Monday, February 8th, 2010 Posted in Why You Need Leadership Coaching | Comments Off

Executive coaching has become an accepted best practice in the field of leadership development.  My colleague Brian Underhill, Ph.D., outlines some of the reasons why in his book Executive Coaching ... Read more..

What is Leadership Coaching?

Monday, February 8th, 2010 Posted in Why You Need Leadership Coaching | Comments Off

Leadership coaching is coaching is a highly personalized, on-the-job development program that delivers real-time results that leaders can sustain over time. In my next few postings I’ll talk about how ... Read more..

My Story, the Zen Part – Mindfulness as My Way Forward

Thursday, February 4th, 2010 Posted in My Life Now & Zen | No Comments »

Since I was a kid, I have been obsessed with the spiritual dimension of human life – who are we?  Why are we here?  What is Divine and how do ... Read more..

My Story, Part IV – 30 Minutes at Starbucks that Changed My Life

Thursday, February 4th, 2010 Posted in My Life Now & Zen | No Comments »

Seven years ago, at the time of my work/life breakdown the only coping strategy I had was to try to do more, do it faster, and more efficiently. Until I ... Read more..