...in love. Tim Sanders makes love a strategic cornerstone of a company’s operations in his book Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends. He wrote, “I don’t think there is anything higher than Love…. Love is so expansive. I had such a difficult time coming...
Read post »...Scott Peck’s classic The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth. He underlined a key passage, “I define love thus: The will to extend oneself for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s spiritual growth.” What a strange way to think about love,...
Read post »...but without love it’s a passing infatuation. He shows that the most successful organizations create fanatical loyalty that goes way beyond reason to highly charged emotional connections. Chapter titles include “All You Need is Love,” “Love is in the Air,” and “What the World Needs Now.” This approach won Saachti...
Read post »...you never have to go to work again. Highly effective leaders are in love with the organization, community, or team that they work or live in. Their love is expressed in a deep desire to see that organization, community, or team grow to its full potential. Leaders love the people...
Read post »Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to reflect on the power of love and purpose. As mentioned in my top ten life lessons, I’ve written book chapters and about 200 blogs and articles about love. One of those, posted exactly 12 years ago on Valentine’s Day, was Love is at...
Read post »...source of the spirit and meaning he or she brings to their families, teams, or organizations. Frank learned that purposeful leaders love their organization’s greater purpose and see its products or services contributing to a bigger world that they love. That love — and desire for growth and development —...
Read post »...grow to its full potential. These leaders love the people they work with enough to contribute to their growth and development. To energize and engage others — to help them love their work — we need to either find the work we love or learn to love the work we...
Read post »...life that binds the galaxy together.” The light and dark sides of our life force are the two very powerful emotions of love and fear. Love plays to our strengths, optimism, hopes, and dreams. Fear accentuates weaknesses, feeds on pessimism, and points to dystopian futures. Love isn’t “the word” found...
Read post »...only work hard enough to keep their jobs. The main reason they gave for this big difference was frustration with management practices. The day of passion and love — Valentine’s Day — is tomorrow. It’s a good time to reflect on the vital connections of leadership and love. Management is...
Read post »In response to my recent post “Are the Most Effective Leaders Loved or Feared?” I received this e-mail from Becky, RN BSN Quality Improvement Coordinator : “I love the fear and love regarding leaders that you posted. I am reminded of Jampolsky’s book, “Love is Letting Go of Fear” that...
Read post »Valentine’s Day hearts convey feelings of love and passion. It’s a day to celebrate romantic relationships and express our gratitude and affection for loved ones enriching our lives. February 14 is also a good time to review the powerful impact extraordinary leaders have on their teams and organizations. Exceptional leaders...
Read post »A few years back I participated in a three-part series for our local CTV affiliate exploring happiness in the workplace. Labour of Love talks to people who have found happiness in what they do and I contribute my commentary and advice. Here is the first part of that series (the...
Read post »Yesterday’s story in The Globe & Mail quoted me from an interview I did with Wallace a few weeks ago. It mentions Moose on the Table. As he often does, Wallace provides good advice on dealing with the fear and concern raised by these turbulent times. Tough love for tough...
Read post »...striving for a worthy goal. CLICK HERE to browse a large selection of my articles, excerpts, and columns on Passion, Commitment, and Self-Discipline. Here are three short articles that deal most directly with passion and love: The Many Faces of Love Highly effective leaders are in love with the organization,...
Read post »...about 200 blogs and articles about love. Most of this is focused on personal/career passion and leading with heart. My Let’s Be Frank series was written to help with looking for love in all the right places. I now see unconditional love as a spiritual force energizing all of life...
Read post »Which development topics are your top priorities today; communication, coaching, culture change, or leading change? Perhaps your answer is yes; all of them? As I posted recently, I’ve been working on a book development project for the past 18 months. It started with eight development topic areas. After readers ranked...
Read post »...bosses, and the like. Some of them aren’t people we’d invite to dinner or choose as a friend. However, leaders love their organization’s greater purpose and see its products or services contributing to a bigger world that they love. That love — and desire for growth and development — extends...
Read post »...loved the smell of a new book and the anticipation of a fresh new story. On Saturday mornings, my mother took me to our local library. I loved going through the stacks and picking out a few books to borrow. We read to our kids to nurture their love of...
Read post »...find time. The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings! Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, but...
Read post »...ideal travel destination? Why? Heather and I love long ocean cruises. After taking a four week Hawaii and South Pacific cruise we confirmed that doing a world cruise is on our bucket list. I love visiting a variety of cultures and countries to learn of their history and customs before...
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