I wrote this article specifically to help HR Professionals understand psychological safety.

Psychological Safety is a term used in business to describe an environment where employees feel comfortable...

Why Is A High-Performance Culture So Important?

No technical training and benefits can motivate and empower employees like human developmental training. The distinction is our emphasis on a High-Perf...

This article was published in the May 2020 issue of the San Fernando Bar Association Magazine.

AS ORGANIZATIONS PREPARE TO SURVIVE AND thrive during this COVID-19 pandemic, high-performance leadershi...

The Role of Trust In Achieving High-Performance

Despite our incredible technological advances, people accomplish the work of an organization. It is people who interface with the customer, make the pr...

Businesses who merely accept the way things are and do not challenge themselves to think bigger will continue to struggle in our multi-generational work environment. Millennials are seeking a differen...

The other day, I led a group through a goal-setting exercise. The attendees were instructed to create three goals they wanted to accomplish in the next 90 days. The goals must be specific, attainable,...

This webinar recording discusses the critical elements of High-Performance Teams.   The focus is on the role of Psychological Safety plays in creating High-Performance teams and teamwork.

The concept of a team is not unfamiliar to us. From athletics to school assignments to volunteer activities, we learned to become members, active participants, and, even, leaders of teams.

Most peopl...

Listening Is Communication

Listening is one of the most potent forms of communication. It requires someone’s undivided attention. A common mistake is giving hearing and listening to the same definiti...

Why Do Star Athletes Have Coaches?

Athletes have coaches because they want to improve their performance continually. Even though the athletes might seem to be at the top of their game, they know thei...

Being a great leader has far less to do with the things you do in front of people and far more with the stuff behind the scenes when no one is looking. Being the go-to person for a group of people mea...

Employee Engagement is very low in U.S. based companies. Gallup in their 2017 report The State of The American Workforce found that only 33% of employe are engaged at work. This is important because h...

Why Is Emotional Intelligence Important in Business?

There I was in the stunning, brand new ballroom at the Del Mar Luxury Hotel, just north of San Diego, CA. I was producing the Deloitte Technology ...

 In their book Leaders: Strategies for Taking Charge, Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus presented the results from their study of 90 modern-day leaders. From their interviews with these leaders, they concl...