Striking the right balance between praise and punishment with employees is a challenge for most leaders. The term to sharpen your carrots is Groove Management’s way of helping leaders to remember to strike the right balance.

What is your mental capacity to reach with your leadership style. We are all clear on our physical limitations, but what is our ability to stretch our style when it comes to leading ourselves and others?

There is a natural challenge between delegating tasks and delegating responsibility. The best leaders have learned to empower their team members by delegating ownership rather than tasks. This article explore the differences between delegating task and responsibilities

We have all heard of micro-management, but the term micro-leadership doesn’t exist. Why is there so much confusion between leadership and management?

We all have weaknesses, but few of us are open to admitting what they are. Referring to weaknesses as our Kryptonite changes the dialogue to a more approachable subject and makes weaknesses more acceptable. After all even superman has his weakness.

As an executive coach one of the important roles that I play for my CEO clients is to be an accountability partner.

While helping to select mentors for The Sandbox non-profit, I learned a valuable lesson from a 14 year old mentor candidate. Serving others is the key to effective leadership and our youth understand it, but adults often forget the power of servant leadership.

A commitment to learning and developing are key to an effective coaching engagement. There have a been a few coaching failures that I have learned from and they all had one thing in common; a lack of commitment from the coachee.

As a senior executive are you carrying too much of the burden for your organization on your shoulders?

Is there a correlation between being self-aware and being wise? The better we know ourselves the more effective we can be at leading ourselves and others.

A lot has been written about capitalizing on ones strengths, but owning ones weaknesses is equally important. Phoebe Nixon explores why in her guest post.

As we enter the new year, we start the year with the best of intentions.  We are like the frogs on the log.  We decide to do something and make it our new year’s resolution.  We proclaim it to our friends and family.  “This is the year that I will:”

Meet Charles Hunt the "Unbreakable" TEDxCharlotte speaker.  Charles has an amazing story of overcoming the odds and a message to everyone who has ever felt down, but not out.

Learning to give and receive feedback effectively is one of the most powerful skills a leader can learn.  The feedback piggy bank is an easy concept to grasp, but one that takes practice to implement.

Know it alls make the worst leaders.  The best leaders ask great questions.

Why hiring an executive coach is like hiring a personal trainer for your brain.

Having a development plan is an important step towards achieving career success, but too many people rely on their bosses and the company to develop the plan.  Take matters into your own hands and own your development plan.

Companies and their needs evolve, they get acquired, they move their offices, they shift their business models and all too often their employees end up as casualties.  Career transition is nothing to be ashamed of.  It has become incredibly commonplace. 
 

The key to being a great actor is to be yourself.  Acting is not about impersonation, it is about originality.  The same concept holds true in the business world.  As a leader, the most important attribute you can bring to your job is your authenticity.  There is no one else like you in the world and that is what makes each of us special and different.  Too many people spend their working lives trying to be like someone else or adjusting their personality and approach to “fit in”. 

The toughest interview question I ever faced was frustrating at the time, but turned into one of my greatest career learnings.