by Lance | Feb 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
I am very grateful to everyone who supports my work as a coach and advisor to leaders. This week I have been ranked #5 in the world as a Coach and #13 in the world as Leadership Teacher. Knowing me as you do, you understand so well, that motivating with fear is a...
by Lance | Jan 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
Mary Oliver passed away last week. For those who loved poetry and nature, Mary Oliver was a muse, an inspiration and a lyrical writer. Famously, and metaphorically, she wrote in her poem “The Summer Day”, “You do not have to be good. You do not have to...
by Lance | Dec 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
This is a longer blog than I usually write, but it is a topic that has come up frequently in my coaching and consulting work recently. What follows is an edited extract from my book, “The Spark, the Flame and the Torch”. I live what, to some, might...
by The Secretan Center | Dec 6, 2018 | Relationships, soulmate, Uncategorized
A Love Story: An Intensely Personal Memoir, is the story of my soulmate Tricia’s and my remarkable 30-year journey together, using poetry I had written privately to her over the years, woven through the narrative. I write about leadership, so this a big...
by Lance | Nov 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
There are angel cards, medicine cards, tarot cards, astrology cards, animal cards and an endless number of other cards that appeal to a wide array of interests. But in my work with leaders across the world, I noticed that no one had created a set of cards for business...
by Lance | Oct 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
I wonder why we call the easy stuff—like technical skills, professional mastery and STEM subjects—the “hard skills” and the really difficult stuff—like inspiring other people and leadership—the “soft skills”. This seems upside down to me—the “soft skills” are the...
