It seems that there have been no shortages of stories of fallen athletic heroes over the years such as Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods and Dan Marino.

In fact, earlier this month Forbes came out with an actual list of America’s Most Disliked Athletes.

This led me to wonder whether the character traits that landed them on […]

Many successful women have devoted their time, energy, and talents to climbing the corporate ladder, only to find themselves shelved–left stranded on a career plateau that’s both frustrating and perplexing.

In the past, many of these women attributed this leveling of their career to the lack of support from senior male managers for women in the […]

“Lieutenant . . . you’ll know you’re a good leader when people follow you if only out of curiosity!”

A Sergeant’s comment about leadership to then Lieutenant Colin Powell

When Colin Powell was asked about the key characteristics of effective leadership, he shared the above comment that one of his sergeants at Fort Benning made nearly […]

Do you ever feel a disconnect between where you want to be and where you are?

Perhaps the question this raises is not one of intent but of executable self-worth.  What do I mean when I say executable self-worth?

In an article written a little more than a year ago by Seth Godin, he made the following […]

Are you a Company Man or Woman?

If you are a company man or woman, you have to recognize that your loyalty and performance will do little for you if there is a change at the top.  I can readily recall far too many stories of senior executives who despite achieving their numbers, found themselves on […]

As Jeopardy is one of my favorite television shows I am going to open today’s post with an answer; Alex Smith.

The question of course is how would you respond to losing your job because of an injury?

For those of you who are looking forward to this weekend’s Super Bowl clash between the San Francisco 49rs […]