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Influential leaders can accomplish even greater things through successful delegation. Usually, when we think about delegating time as leaders, we are focused on efficiency.  When leaders delegate tasks to others, they are improving their effectiveness and showing their team members that they trust and depend on them.

The Pathway to Self-Mastery is a recording from a webinar I delivered in June 2021. The webinar covered the eight steps to self-mastery with examples and a few case studies. Self-Mastery includes developing your emotional intelligence and how to manage your Key Moments.

Over the last 15 years, I’ve had the opportunity to speak to audiences of all sizes, to work one to one with CEOs and executives, and to work with teams on how to improve their emotional intelligence, which I believe is one of the fundamental skill sets that a leader must have to be successful.

As we recover from COVID and begin to return to “normal,” the big question on everyone’s mind is how a hybrid model will impact the performance of companies?
During this executive briefing, I will explain what Psychological Safety is and is not, the impact on teamwork and innovation, how to measure it and improve it.

Sometimes called a Strategic Peer Advisory Board or a Mastermind Group, peer-minded leadership forums bring business leaders together for a simple purpose – to aggregate the hands-on experience and shared knowledge of a group of executives

Despite our incredible technological advances, people accomplish the work of an organization. It is people who interface with the customer, make the product, deliver the service, plan, and coordinate how work gets done.

Psychological safety and resilience in the workplace promote a culture of ongoing learning, adaptability, and innovation in an ever-changing business environment. In current conditions – with innovative companies disrupting marketplaces at a dizzying rate and social media accelerating the spread of breaking news – you need people to speak up.

Effective communication is a critical component of your success at work and in the world. During this webinar, you will learn the principles of how to communicate effectively, why communications fail and how to be a great listener.

Effective communication is a critical component of your success at work and in the world. During this webinar, you will learn the principles of how to communicate effectively, why communications fail and how to be a great listener.

AS ORGANIZATIONS PREPARE TO SURVIVE AND thrive during this COVID-19 pandemic, high-performance leadership is more critical than ever. Being a great leader means having a positive influence on those around you. It does not matter if you lead a team of two or a large, multi-national corporation, the principles of high-performance leadership are still the same.

Effective communication is a critical component of your success at work and in the world. During this webinar, you will learn the principles of how to communicate effectively, why communications fail and how to be a great listener.

Effective communication is a critical component of your success at work and in the world. During this webinar, you will learn the principles of how to communicate effectively, why communications fail and how to be a great listener.

What if you implemented an easy to use a process for delegating that works? What would your day be like? What could you accomplish that you struggle with today?

Webinar: During a crisis and “normal” times, the ability to engage in coaching conversation to improve performance is a critical skill for managers and leaders. This webinar will show you how to engage in coaching conversations that will benefit you and your employees during this crucial time and after the crisis is over.

Change management, or the act of leading organizational transformation, is a business term you have heard a lot about lately. In an increasingly global world that seems to be moving at the speed of light, it’s essential for companies to keep pace with their competitors around the world.

When you think of the leaders you most look up to, are some coaches? If so, you’re not alone. Consider these famous quotes on coaching and how easily they compare to business leadership and management principles.

During this 30-minute webinar, you will learn and discuss best practices when managing remote workers,  emotional intelligence, coaching conversations,  acquire simple to use tools and most importantly, embrace a positive mindset. 

As we respond to a global health emergency and the spread of the new coronavirus, even more companies are asking employees to work from home.

Workplace conflict is inevitable.    Conflict occurs in our daily human interactions with team members, managers, clients, and customers. It builds during short and long-term projects and is aggravated by differences in individual goals, values, communication skills, and leadership styles.

That means empowering leaders also have an impact on the decisions of employees choosing to leave a company. As more companies encourage the professional development of their leaders and give them the tools to lead with purpose, develop emotional intelligence and create policies and procedures to support high-performance teams – more employees will be looking for similar opportunities within their organization – or they’ll leave it.

Los Angeles, CA (Feb. 27, 2020) – Creating a positive work culture starts at the top – with executive leaders and managers who display high-performance leadership, develop strong teams, and support diverse workforces. To learn more, industry leaders will join Black Diamond Leadership’s Executive Briefing on the Role of Leadership in Creating a Culture of High-Performance on March 19.

New research from Yale University published this month shows a strong link between emotional intelligence and increased creativity in teams

Los Angeles, CA (Feb. 27, 2020) – Creating a positive work culture starts at the top – with executive leaders and managers who display high-performance leadership, develop strong teams, and support diverse workforces. To learn more, industry leaders will join Black Diamond Leadership’s Executive Briefing on the Role of Leadership in Creating a Culture of High-Performance on March 19.

Gallup discovered something Black Diamond Leadership has been teaching for a long time. The key to a high-performance organization is an investment in culture.

Los Angeles, CA (Feb. 27, 2020) – Creating a positive work culture starts at the top – with executive leaders and managers who display high-performance leadership, develop strong teams, and support diverse workforces. To learn more, industry leaders will join Black Diamond Leadership’s Executive Briefing on the Role of Leadership in Creating a Culture of High-Performance on March 19.

High-Performance Leadership Series: How To Hold Coaching Conversations

A 30-minute introduction to delegating for growth.

At the end of the day, going forward, a new normal that has evolved from generation.

User generated content in real-time will have multiple touchpoints for offshoring.

Capitalize on low hanging fruit to identify a ballpark value added activity to beta test.

Engaged employees directly influence an organization’s bottom line.  Employee engagement programs are responsible for improved financial results, increased customer satisfaction rates, higher productivity, and better employee retention rates.  Companies can no longer choose to engage employees; it is imperative for survival.

If you are in sales, you are the most valuable, most important person in your company. No one has more impact on income, growth, and profit than you. Your performance determines the current and future success of your company and your earning potential

Using creative experiments and sophisticated technologies such as FMRI and EEG machines, we are starting to see that the art of leadership has its basis in science.

A strategy could be thought of as the conscious choices the leaders of an organization make about how they will meet the demands and opportunities of the business environment. Strategy is a set of conscious choices about how an organization will deliver value to its customers and distinguish itself from its competitors.

In particular, the initial state of the company’s sales and operations planning capabilities limited their ability to account for demand variability or raw material lead times in production and distribution. Improve sales and operations and production planning.

The teams focused their efforts on a few of the highest-value S&OP levers in order to review the current planning process, identify gaps in the planning infrastructure and analytically understand demand and supply variability.

With hundreds of medications in the market, Pharm Ltd. needed a proper method to predict and manage their inventory. Using a mean absolute percentage analysis (MAPE), the teams defined appropriate levels for raw materials and finished products by mapping.

What is this highly valuable asset? Its own people. Says Morgan Fraud, the author of The Thinking Corporation, “Given that we are all capable of contributing new ideas, the question becomes how do you successfully generate, capture, process and implement ideas?”

We all know and understand what a CPA, banker or a doctor does.  But the field of coaching has as many flavors to it as there are coaches. In fact, it might be very difficult to choose a coach and you may have to work with several before you find one that will work for you.