Organizations, pop culture and the media are dominated by extroverts. We tend to reward extroverts who enjoy human interactions and tend to be enthusiastic, talkative, assertive, and gregarious. Extroverts are energized and thrive off being around other people. They...
Does happiness have a price? There is no better-researched or more potent component of happiness than social connections, therefore one way to investigate this issue is to ask whether money may be used to purchase those components. There is no simple solution, even...
The famous saying, “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” is a popular saying used daily in music and movies and everyday conversation. The saying, originally penned by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche was actually “That which does not kill us makes us...
There is a crisis of confidence in business leadership and with it calls for leadership of virtuous character and high ethical behavior. Ethical scandals, corruption and organizational mistreatment have been widely reported. Financial problems have produced a...
The following is an excerpt from my new book, Virtuous Leadership: The Character Secrets of Great Leaders. “Spiritual growth requires the development of inner knowing and inner authority. It requires the heart, not the intellect.” — Gary Zukav A developing paradigm...
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...
