I Energize Professional Development Through:
Leveling up in our firms and careers is an organizational and personal imperative in this era of change. I deliver workshops, keynotes, and webinars that inform, inspire and promote the actions necessary for you, your team and your firm to level-up. Learn More…
I serve executives, rising leaders and high potential professionals as a coach committed to helping you tackle today’s big challenges and reach tomorrow’s desired career and performance levels. Executive coaching from a successful executive. Learn more…
My books are ideal for motivated professionals at all levels seeking a performance edge in their careers. From CEOs and senior leaders to project, product, technical and operations managers, you are guaranteed to find ideas to energize your professional development. Learn more…
What’s Your Level-Up Challenge?
The challenge of our era is finding ways to help our organizations strive and thrive (and sometimes survive) in the face of significant change, while striving to strengthen and reinvent ourselves as professionals. It’s the convergence of these two needs: leading our firms in the face of uncertainty and ambiguity, while working to strengthen as leaders, managers and contributors that defines the Level-Up challenge for all of us.
Building on my extensive executive management, coaching and graduate teaching experience, my suite of leadership and professional development books, tools and services offers the ideas, insights and tools to help you navigate change and push yourself and your firm to the next level.
NEW RELEASES
LEADERSHIP
CAFFEINE
FOR THE PROJECT MANAGER
Whether you are a professional project manager or someone responsible for guiding a group, committee or team, Leadership Caffeine for Project Managers, is a source of actionable ideas and practical approaches to support your success!
Selected chapter titles include:
- Chapter 1: Starting with a Story: The Gold Standard in Project Leadership
- Chapter 4: Angela’s Question: Your Key to Getting Leadership Right from the Start
- Chapter 6: Who’s Coaching Your Team?
- Chapter 10: Don’t Shout PMBOK Dogma in a Hurricane
- Chapter 23: Learning to Adapt Your Approach to Others
From the Blog:
10 Do’s and Don’ts for the Executive Sponsor
I fumbled through my first go-round as executive sponsor on a project team. Fortunately, a great project manager compensated for my poor performance. Fortunately, some follow-on experiences challenged me to take the role seriously. It turns out, the executive sponsor role is incredibly important to strategic project success. This article shares 10 Do's and Don'ts for anyone stepping into the position.
New Website Launched—New Project Leadership Book Soon!
A number of long-term projects are coming to market in my world, including an all new ground-up website and the forthcoming book and related tools: Leadership Caffeine for the Project Manager. Of course, none of this is possible without the input of clients and readers and the great support from some valued allies!
Who Is Controlling Your Professional Brand?
This post points to a recent article I published at The Balance, focusing on personal-professional brand management.
Leadership Caffeine™—Spotting Leadership Potential
Identifying individuals with leadership potential remains an imperfect process in most organizations. While we have tools and models and assessments to help, experienced talent scouts rely on their own well-honed senses as they strive to identify potential future leaders. This article shares some highlights from a recent group interview on this topic.