by Lance | Feb 19, 2020 | Authenticity, Coaching, Courage, Culture, Effectiveness, influence, Inspiration, Leadership, Love, Management, Mobile App, ONE Dream®, Relationships, respect, Service, Spirit at Work, Spirit@Work, Truthfulness, Values
A Buddhist parable tells the story of a monk confronted by a fierce tiger while on a quiet walk. The monk becomes motionless. He knows that just beyond him is a cliff and just below that cliff is the rocky shoreline and the turbulent sea. The monk is caught between...
by Lance | Jan 26, 2020 | Authenticity, Calling, Character, Coaching, Culture, Inspiration, Leadership, Love, Management, Relationships, respect, Service, Uncategorized
Every Performance Management system I have ever seen over the years has typically focused on one thing: employee productivity (aka performance). In one case, I saw a program developed by a large international consulting firm for a global pharmaceutical company, and...
by Lance | Sep 29, 2019 | Authenticity, Coaching, Courage, Culture, Destiny, Effectiveness, influence, Inspiration, Leadership, Love, ONE Dream®, Oneness, Service
For centuries the Roman Catholic Church dominated the world. In time, city states, and subsequently nation states, filled the vacuum caused by the decline of the church’s power in the world. More recently, these were replaced by corporations who have come to...
by Lance | Jul 30, 2019 | Calling, Character, Coaching, Courage, Culture, Destiny, Effectiveness, Inspiration, Leadership, Love, Management, Relationships, Spirit at Work, Spirit@Work
When I was 27, with my self-awareness and worldview vastly exaggerated in my own mind, I suddenly became the CEO of Manpower Limited. Possessing nothing but raw ambition, self-confidence and limited skills, I launched into my new role. The reason I found myself...
by Lance | Feb 28, 2019 | Coaching, Culture, Inspiration, Leadership, Management, Oneness, Relationships, Service, Values
I want to let you know that our Spirit@Work® Cards mobile app has received an update. The Spirit@Work® Cards and Book Set were originally written and designed in 2000. They were an immediate hit. So we created an updated version in 2002 and also a digital web-based...
by Lance | Feb 5, 2019 | Authenticity, Culture, Effectiveness, Inspiration, Leadership, Love, Management, Values
We have been discussing the difference between “managers” and “leaders” forever. But as I have worked with leaders over the years I have discovered within this distinction an important secret that may explain why we have so few real leaders....