Our creative juices sometimes can become our worst nightmares that lead to overwhelm, burnout, and jeopardize our well-being and relationships

Federal Contracts are not just for the BIG COMPANIES, federal contracting is for small companies who are leaving money on the table.

Rresearch shows that 90% of businesses that fail do so because of a lack of leadership skills. Fortunately, leadership is a skill many people can learn.

Strategically reimagine your business environment so you can align with a talent transformation strategy and maintain harmony.

Rresearch shows that 90% of businesses that fail do so because of a lack of leadership skills. Fortunately, leadership is a skill many people can learn.

Leadership is a general topic that people understand in different ways; in fact people have contrasting and conflicting perceptions of how leaders should behave.

It takes quite an effort to make complex ideas simple so others can follow or know why they need you and your services. Leaders make complexity simple.

Choices are very important in leadership. Sometimes, paralyzed by the gravity of the choice, leaders stall and can’t decide. Not making a choice is certainly a choice.

Leaders lead. The question is…do we lead with our brains or with our hearts? The transformational leader models what they want reflected in the culture.

Strive for excellence everything in order to build the highest performing culture. The leader sets te standard and the team follows.

We hear lots of noise in conversations and in the media about striving for equality. That's not it. There's a better way.

When a leader defines the vision and then sets specific goals to achieve that vision, it's important to leave a place for team members to create their strategies.

Set your goal. Share your goal. Accountability is energy. Sharing goals is the "A" for accountability in SMART goals. Hidden goals don't work.

On the pathway to success, there are many opportunities to quit - don't quit. Focus on the benefit, and not on the problem.

Goals are worthless without an plan of action. Actions are consistent activities moving toward your goal. Fitness happens one day at a time over time.

I lead teams. I lead meetings. I teach leaders to lead. I can see the end result, because I have defined goals clearly.

Yesterday, while running, I decided to write about the connection between running and leadership. For the next 5 days watch for leadership nuggets.

Change is a fearful thought if other changes in life are too stressful. Change is not an option when there is no understanding of the value of the change.

A basic flaw is that we recite a script rather than tell a story. People respond to a story if they see themselves as involved in the story or its emotion.

In Bowen Systems, when the leader changes, others in the culture respond. In Transformational Leadership, the leader models what they want to see in others.

Despite all of those things I've said about leadership and collaboration, the leader is ultimately responsible for the decisions. Discernment is a key leadership skill

Many problems are set up by the leader’s over-activity - talking too much, over functioning, defining all the solutions, and telling others what to do.

It might be time to reframe those obstacles and attempt to define a way forward. Those obstacles can become opportunities if you can rethink strategy.

One of the biggest traps I experience with clients is that leadership is a term not universally understood and that leaders don’t know how to lead.

Our reaction is to solve problems and to move ahead, rather than creating a process to respond. Responding is a thinking state, while reacting is an emotional state

Leadership is a system in which the leader builds and equips leaders in teams. Sometimes the leader needs to intervene. Sometimes the leader should observe.

As a musician, I have learned to listen, however there is listening, and there is listening with intention. We often listen without really listening for intent.

The notion of being a boss as an effective leader is far gone. The new paradigm is that of influencer. The Transformational Leader leads with personal influence.

Basic leadership wisdom with Abe Lober, small business entrepreneur taking an old paradigm and revising it for renewed success. Take good notes.

“Don’t confuse “strict confidentiality” with “keeping employees in the dark.” Private is useful. Secretive is deceptive.” ― Stacy Feiner

The musical conductor is my example of an effective leader, especially when it comes to this topic of push vs. pull leadership.

Balancing Life’s Critical Aspects Life is a promise; fulfill it.  – Mother Teresa (now Saint Teresa) Listen to the Podcast Subscribe to Hugh...

Leadership Redefined: Expanding the Definition of Profit Listen to the Podcast Subscribe to Hugh Ballou’s Podcast on iTunes or Stitcher Get it on the...

Helping LDS Lay Leaders Take Their Ability to the Level of Their Authority Interview with Founder, Kurt Frankom Listen to the Podcast Subscribe...

Financial Freedom by Attracting all the Client You Want with Todd Tresidder Listen to the Podcast Subscribe to Hugh Ballou’s Podcast on iTunes or...

The Karmic Path – Living the Life of Your Choice with Tina Erwin Listen to the Podcast Subscribe to Hugh Ballou’s Podcast on...

Jackie Lapin: Getting Booked as a Speaker Listen to the Podcast Subscribe to Hugh Ballou’s Podcast on iTunes or Stitcher Get it on the...

Brandon Allen: Building a Business by Design vs by Default Listen to the Podcast Subscribe to Hugh Ballou’s Podcast on iTunes or Stitcher...

Feed Your Spirit, Feed Your Body Music did not reveal all of its secrets to just one person. – Ralph Vaughan Williams  ...

Effective Leadership and Physical Fitness Resonate Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live. – Jim Rohn Listen to...

Leaders build and maintain healthy relationships “Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose...

Leaders care for the whole person  “Body, mind, spirit, voice – it takes the whole person to sing and rejoice.” – Helen Kemp  ...

Henri Nouwen transforms us spiritually. The Transformational Leader develops leadership skills with daily discipline.

“Perhaps we shall learn, as we pass through this age, that the ‘other self” is more powerful than the physical self we see...

Dave Anderson: The Business Bully Dave Anderson shares the wisdom about business from his book, “ Pitch, Close, Upsell, Repeat” Listen to the Podcast...

Tom Poland: Leadsogology: Generating Leads with the Right Message Tom Poland shares the wisdom about leads from his book, “Leadsogology: The Science of...

Words, words, words. Our society is full of words: on billboards, on television screens, in newspapers and books…. With so many words around...

Linda Ruhland shares the wisdom from her new book, "Amazing Workplace" build high performing corporate cultures.

Dan Clark: The Art of Significance Dan Clark shares the wisdom from his best selling book, “The Art of Significance.” . Listen to...

No legacy is so rich as honesty. – Shakespeare The culture is authentic, if the leader is authentic. A Culture is a Reflection...

Over-functioning is irresponsible responsibility. – Murray Bowen A Culture is a Reflection of the Leader, Part 3 The leader shapes the culture with...

“Perform every act in life as though it were your last.” – Marcus Aurelius, the Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 AD It’s essential...

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. – James Allen It’s key to develop...

Everybody has a dream. Only 3 out of every 100 people will actually do something about it. Get Hugh Ballou's tips for success.

Adam Markel: The Pivot Adam Markel shares the wisdom from his best selling book, "Pivot" about how leaders make the pivot to success.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus. – Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Perspective: Reverse Paradigms,...

Sandy Papavero on Leadership Listen to the Podcast Subscribe to Hugh Ballou’s Podcast on iTunes or Stitcher Get it on the iTunes store HERE. Get...

The upfront cost of leadership is paying the upfront cost to create long-term value. There's no shortcut to success.

David Duryea: Do the Right Thing Listen to the Podcast Subscribe to Hugh Ballou’s Podcast on iTunes or Stitcher Get it on the iTunes...

Are You Taking Care of Yourself? Listen to the Podcast Subscribe to Hugh Ballou’s Podcast on iTunes or Stitcher Get it on the iTunes...

We Are All Stuck Somewhere Listen to the Podcast Here’s the Transcript Let’s focus on Success! That means accomplishing what we set out...

Kelly Holmes on Networking Skill Improvement Listen to the Podcast Watch The Interview About Team Referral Network.

  Reverse Polarities: Must We Be Right or Wrong? It’s interesting to observe in the news accounts of politics the fact that people...

Free Up Your Time Nathan Hirsch shares his secrets about how to outsourcing to gain control of your time as a leader and...

Leadership Assessment: How Do You Rate? Every human has four endowments – self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination.

“Being listened to is so close to being loved that most people cannot tell the difference.” – David Oxberg Lead by listening.

Without Discernment, Leaders Fail This podcast is about the focus leaders must have in order to make effective decisions and manage self Listen...

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Everybody has a dream. Only 3 out of every 100 people will actually do something about that dream by acting on the vision. Make sure you succeed!

Have you ever met or seen a successful entrepreneur and wondered, "What is their secret?  What do they do differently?"

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Delegation is Key to Leader Freedom We are bound by our own lack of ability to delegate. Leaders must free themselves from the...

Listen to the Podcast You have inherited a lifetime of tribulation. Everybody has inherited it. Take it over, make the most of it...

Hugh Ballou Interviews Don Green from The Napoleon Hill Foundation The legacy of Napoleon Hill lives on through the Napoleon Hill Foundation in...

We sometimes make a plan (entrepreneurs keep a lot of ideas in their minds and don't always make a written plan creating a problem.

Being vulnerable is a strength of leadership and not a weakness. Transformational Leadership is influence and authenticity.

Observation and not control is leadership competency. Leadership is about manifestation of high quality results. Observing what's happening is a leadership.

I’m thinking of calling my book Adrenaline as a Way of Life. Or maybe I’ll try Time: There Will Never be Enough of It, So Squander What You’ve Got.

Hugh Ballou shares how having control over our thoughts is the only thing we truly have control over, and our thoughts control our results.

Dr. David Gruder talks with Hugh Ballou about the leadership shadow that limits our effectiveness with tips for addressing the shadows.

You will become more effective and make better use of your time as a Transformational Leader as you focus on managing yourself.

Being or becoming an effective leader means being a serious student of leadership and not being a leadership expert.

Amazing interview with George Fraser, founder of FraserNet, the largest African-American Network anywhere.

Being centered means managing self. The Transformational Leader creates high functioning, high performing cultures by influence. - Hugh Ballou

Build good habits and skills for personal communication. Inspire others by your caring actions. This is a process that will take time, but it is worth it

...what appears to be the resisting or opposing force is never actually the problem to be overcome.  Cynthia Bourgault Learn to embrace opposites.

We constantly focus on communication as an isolated process, when, in fact, it's related to how we relate to others. - Hugh Ballou

Leaders perceive that they must always have the right answers, when in fact it's more important to have good questions. - Hugh Ballou

Effective leaders are focused on continuing improvement by constantly working on their personal skills development.

Setting Powerful Goals that Work Everybody talks about goals and few know how to create effective systems for those goals to actually work....

5 Steps to Effective Problem Solving The old habit of identifying a problem and then immediately attempting to define a solution is a habit...

5 Perilous Practices That Take Good Leaders Down It’s hard enough to lead without setting up failure. Here are 5 practices that will...

5 Leadership Power Myths The scripts that are active in our minds are the lies that hold us back from effective leading. It’s time to...

Our thinking controls our results. All too often, we allow the circumstances to control how we think. We give energy to what we think about.

Defining the gaps in skills and experience is the most important step to effective leadership. Knowing self is the key to personal success.

We are limited by what we have been taught and by what we have inherited. It's time to release those limits on our effectiveness.

Effective PF is the key to successful funding and volunteer recruitment. Cheryl Conner shares secrets for effective communications and publicity.

Managing conflict is a struggle for many leaders, especially those working with "volunteers." Leaders evildoing dealing with conflict makes things worse.

This interview showed me new ways I have left the open for problems with people. It's a game changer! Get ready to take notes!

Gaydon Leavitt shares his secrets for effective marketing to let the world know why thy need you. Be ready to take notes!

With this podcast, I had my eyes opened to how I have been creating press releases all wrong! Get ready to take notes! There's a lot to learn.

Of all the dysfunctional systems in organizations, the top one on my list is the annual review and next is the JOB DESCRIPTION!

One of the most dysfunctional activities in organizations is the annual review. So, why wait for a full year to give feedback?

Managing people fits an autocratic leadership style and not a transformational leadership style. It can be a form of over functioning.

The number one killer of team energy is the boring, unproductive meeting. It's time to say, "No more boring meetings!"

Jeff Magee, Speaker, Author, Leadership Trainer, shares insights on topics giving the advantage of his years of experience and decades of wisdom.

Cal Turner, Jr., inherited the position of President and Chairman of Dollar General from his father, who founded the company. Cal's story is Awesome!

Frank Shankwitz share the story of what inspired him to start the Make a Wish Foundation. I promise that his story will bring tears to your eyes.

David Stanley knew Elvis Presley because they were step-brothers. This story is about a side of Elvis that most people never knew.

Ed Krow is the Talent Transformation Expert for businesses looking to achieve 8 figure growth.

Berny Dohrmann is the author of Diamond Heart, Money Magic, and Super Achievers, he is also the inventor of Super Teaching™

Knowing and managing self is the key to effective leadership. Dr. Roberta Gilbert teaches the system developed by Murry Bowen.

The effective Transformational Leader creates a culture of high performing leaders, just as the musical conductor creates a high performing ensemble.

The effective Transformational Leader creates a culture of high performing leaders, just as the musical conductor creates a high performing ensemble.

Julie Cottineau is the Founder and CEO of BrandTwist, a brand consultancy group that helps entrepreneurs and corporations build better, profitable brands.

Here are the 5 essential elements for building a sustainable, profitable enterprise, either a business or a charity. Leaving out only one of the 5 pillars, will compromise the ultimate success of the...

The team is a reflection of the leader, therefore in order to have a high functioning team, it's imperative that the leader models excellence.

Effective leaders begin with the creation of a strategic plan drawing a roadmap for a successful journey. Start with a plan. There are NO exceptions!

I'm excited about sharing my success principles with you that I have developed in over 30 years of working with leaders.

Future Forecasting if the duty and delight of the leader. This skill will attract the energy for sustainable success. Envision the future and make it happen.

There is more than one way to define profit. We can't ignore the financial definition, however. This podcast os about redefining leadership as a pathway to profit.