Lot’s of talk these days about the importance of bringing people together, developing true understanding and taking meaningful action for...

People are protesting. Are leaders listening? Or––are they treating us like children? Have some become tyrants? What can we learn?

Sometimes the simplest act can be the most inspirational. I brought this on myself when I decided that the banner words for THE SENSEI LE...

I met with an amazing group of leaders this week in Maine… Joe Hyatt, Jim Chadbourne and John Schafer are all executives at Rubb Building...

The best leaders and the best organizations have one thing in common––and only one: They are ALWAYS trying to get better.

It disgusts me when people lump respect, trust and loyalty in with the “soft” aspects of business and leadership. It’s sick that so many ...

Let’s start with the most clichéd item on the list… “We’ve always done it this way.” You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who would disag...

"Who you are as a leader becomes reality in the hearts and minds of the people you serve through what you say––and more important––how yo...

There are only two types of people in the world today: leaders––and those who refuse. Let’s start with that. I don’t care if you’re the j...

Whose responsibility is that? The leader knows whose responsibility it is. “Mine.” Even when you delegate tasks and duties to others, the...

Human-centric leadership is NOT optional. It is NOT a luxury you can put off. It is NOT soft. It is NOT just some feel-good platitude. It...

Inspiration should be commonplace in leadership. Too often I hear leaders say that they have difficulty thinking of themselves as inspiri...

One of the questions I get asked most often is how, exactly, do you find a good mentor? Let’s start with two fundamental questions: #1 Wh...

The research is clear. People perform at their best when–-and only when––they know their leaders care. When they know their work has mean...

Would you like to produce higher Q12 scores? Join THE SENSEI LEADER MOVEMENT… Now before this sounds too self-serving, please allow me to...

With “The Coddling of the American Mind,” Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt set off a firestorm… Their inspiration was the growing tenden...

This may be the least painful challenge you ever accept––though I’m not making any promises in that regard! I will promise that you won’t...

One of the most frustrating questions I get is when people ask me about the ROI on training human-centric leaders.… At some point you jus...

I always find the responses to this fascinating… Doing the right thing is always the most important consideration, even when it’s not pro...

I get this question a lot lately: Why Africa? When Americans express and interest in Africa the assumption is that they’re either going o...