I want to talk a little bit about burnout and coping with stress. I see this a lot in my coaching practice working with senior leaders. As a rule, they’re very successful, they’ve moved up the ladder in their organizations, running huge operations of hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars in revenue a…
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If you recall the movie 300, it immortalizes in film—in a very, very graphic way–the battle of Thermopylae when the Persian army led by Xerxes sailed across the Aegean Sea in order to invade Greece and conquer the Greek city-states. Well there was a force led by the Spartan general Leonidas and armies from various…
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In this video, I talk about the importance of focus for leaders by asking you the question: Are you all afterburner and no runner when it comes to leadership?
Keep readingIt’s no wonder that executives suffer from excessive stress. They operate in highly competitive environments characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. They need to unpack mountains of information, navigate politically charged relationship, and all the while perform at the highest level and deliver concrete results under unrelenting pressure. Not only that, senior leaders must…
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