Several years ago I wrote articles for the Financial Post (2012) and the International Coaching Federation (2016) explaining why every executive, particularly CEOs needs a coach. My assertion was based on my decades of coaching dozens of CEOs, business owners and...
We’ve all seen, read about or worked with bad leaders—toxic, abusive or incompetent. And research (including mine) has described in detail their traits and faults. But what about the opposite? There are fewer stories and examples of good leaders where they are not...
Have you got the impression that a co-worker is just concerned about themselves, not the business or their peers to an extreme degree so that they have a serious negative impact on you and others? If so, you may be working with a narcissist, Machiavellian, or...
When we examine the practicality of virtuous leader ethics, we think about the outcomes of their behaviors. Advocates of virtue ethics develop a description or profile of the ideal leader and then identify the virtuous characteristics that make up good character. Then...
The following is an excerpt from my book, Virtuous Leadership: The Character Secrets of Great Leaders. According to a global report published by Transparency International, corruption is a serious issue around the world, and studies...
