My phone rang and it was one of my clients urgently trying to get in touch with me: "I have a problem," my client, Perry, opened, "they want to promote me." …
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10 Signs You’re an Infomercial – Not a Leader
When I first moved to Australia, I caught a few minutes of the equivalent of Good Morning America on TV. It reminded me of the morning program in the USA until something unexpected interrupted the …
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Learn to Laugh and Let it Go
Stress can get the best of us even when we think that we've got it all under control. In fact, that's probably when our stress is at the highest, when we want to give the illusion of perfection and …
The Trap of Checkbox Leadership
Way back when I was acting more, I would know my lines cold, go deep on my character and truly focus on my relationship with all the other characters. I know I was a good actor based on feedback and …
Can Half a Person Be a Whole Leader?
I meet so many people who talk about their life and work as if they are literally two different worlds - the level of compartmentalization is extreme. …
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The Being of Leadership
I took my first acting class when I was in elementary school and theater was a part of my world all the way through college and into "real life." At some point, probably around the arrival of …