My working definition of reflection is taking time to think about where we are in our journeys, how we got there and what is possible for the future. It provides us with the opportunity to not be in motion but at rest. It is also an opportunity to discover what should be the next phase of our journey. Continue reading
Relationships Are the Landscape of Our Lives
Our relationships with others can be viewed as the landscape of our lives. We spend our entire lives tending to that landscape. In some periods of our lives divorce, death, feuding, marriage, new birth, and reconciliation drastically change the landscape. Who we are has a significant impact on the health and quality of our relationships. How we communicate can be viewed as a manifestation of who we are. Continue reading
Reinventing The Brand That You Reflect
Reinvention is about assessing how you are perceived and how those perceptions impact your ability to be effective. Reinvention is about mapping out a strategy to modify your behavior to align with the personal brand you desire.
Modeling behavior that is consistent with what we preach is one aspect of alignment. However, alignment that connects us with our passion creates the path for us to operate at the level of our potential. Continue reading
Are You Ready to Start Your Journey?
To maximize your personal effectiveness you must align your purpose, goals, thinking, practice and passion and find peace. I find that no matter where we are in our lives, we all need help personally and professionally in several areas. We need to always try to identify where we are in our journey and what might be getting in the way of our life satisfaction and success. Continue reading
Teamwork
As I sit here in Hvar Croatia with my wife on vacation after spending a few days in Rome, I am recalling the teamwork that it took to get here. In 1999 we took a trip to the South of France which, until today, was at the top of my list of our vacations together. I remember sitting on the Mediteranian looking at huge yachts and expensive cars and wondering what people did to accumulate so much wealth. I came to the conclusion that it was either old money or new wealth created by owning one’s own company. Right or wrong, I left France and incorporated Transformation Point a few months later. Continue reading
Where Did You Get Your Baggage and Are You Ready to Leave it Behind?
I picked up my bags in Port Arthur, Texas, 1964. One bag was filled with my circumstances, things I did not choose and could not control: an environment of poverty, drug addiction and mental illness. The other bag was left empty for me to fill with the challenges that I would inevitably create for myself. This was my baggage: circumstance and challenge. Along the journey of my life I came across a bag for storing the tools I needed as I navigated my journey. My experience taught me that my journey was as much about living to learn as it was about learning to live. Continue reading
Engage Employees Produce Fruit and Fruit Produces Success
Three of the major focal areas in business today are employee engagement, innovation, and leadership effectiveness. I believe these the concepts have a significant impact on organizational effectiveness and the overall success of an organization.
THINK! Maximizing Personal Effectiveness May 2, 2011
Sign up for our THINK! Maximizing Personal Effectiveness Workshop being held on May 2, 2011 at 1624 Market Street, Suite 202, Denver, CO 80202. This is a condensed module of our GE Session C nominated THINK! Leadership Program.
Getting Connected
I have had several conversations over the last couple of weeks with clients, partners, and colleagues about the concept of building connection. The context has been related to inspiring others, energizing the workforce, and building sustainable partnerships. The short story is that getting connected is essential to maximizing effectiveness.
Five Challenges of Achieving and Sustaining Organizational Alignment
One of the biggest obstacles to the success of teams and organizations is achieving alignment. Webster defines alignment as “an arrangement of groups or forces in relation to one another.” Webster defines misalignment as “a condition of being badly or improperly aligned.” Continue reading
