by bw_admin | Aug 30, 2018 | The Intentional Leader
We are sometimes called upon to rally our peers and teams to something that we already know won’t be popular. It’s not a fun feeling and challenging for sure. One of our Intentional Leader clients recently reached out with that type of challenge. The following...
by bw_admin | Aug 16, 2018 | Latest News
One of the questions I teach leaders to ask their people is “What do you want?” I taught this last month to our Intentional Leader clients and got the following question: “I’m having difficulty understanding the ‘What do you want?’ question. It feels a little...
by bw_admin | Aug 9, 2018 | Latest News
You grab your phone and go to your preferred news feed and start to scroll. You’re not looking for anything in particular; just to get a general view of what’s going on in the world. Then it happens. You see a story that makes you uncomfortable or has the potential...
by bw_admin | Aug 2, 2018 | Latest News
One of the fundamental shifts I teach my clients is to move from immediately fixing, giving advice or providing direction to asking questions. I give them the practice to say a little less, listen more deeply and ask a few more questions. It sounds easy but as the...
by bw_admin | Jul 27, 2018 | Latest News
A client (let’s call her Judy) shared last week that she wants to mentor a peer of hers. Judy asked, “How do I do this without bulldozing him and while maintaining the solid peer relationship we currently have?” She went on to say that this particular peer is new at...
by bw_admin | Jul 19, 2018 | Servant Leadership
A client (let’s call him Roger) came to me with the question – “How do I find the time to connect with all eight of my direct reports?” Roger added, “I care about them but with the overwhelm that I’m experiencing at work, I have to find a better way to connect with...
by bw_admin | Jul 5, 2018 | Latest News
Going into the summer months, my wife and I agreed that it is a good idea for our daughters to be bored. Not the entire summer mind you. That would be a bit sadistic (to them and us). But we want them to learn how to be bored and ways to handle it. Summer boredom...
by bw_admin | Jun 21, 2018 | Latest News
(This post is the fourth in our blog series to give you a sneak peak at The Intentional Leader, our leader development platform for teams and small-medium sized organizations. How would bit-sized wisdom like this serve your team? More details at the bottom.) It’s...
by bw_admin | Jun 13, 2018 | Latest News
(This post is the third in our blog series to give you a sneak peak at The Intentional Leader, our leader development platform for teams and small-medium sized organizations. How would bit-sized wisdom like this serve your team? More details at the bottom.) Today,...
by bw_admin | Jun 6, 2018 | Latest News
(This post is the second in our blog series to give you a sneak peak at The Intentional Leader, our leader development platform for teams and small-medium sized organizations. How would bit-sized wisdom like this serve your team? More details at the bottom.) Today we...
