By Randy Hain. "The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first." - Robert K. Greenleaf I have been preparing this week for an upcoming quarterly meeting of a non-profit [...]
By Randy Hain. I reflected this weekend on a late September conversation I recently had with a friend. In response to his question about how my year was going, I reflexively responded with “Busy! I can't believe it is almost [...]
By Randy Hain. One of the most rewarding personal practices I implemented several years ago is finding quiet time each week to thoughtfully reflect on my numerous daily conversations with other professionals through my coaching and consulting work. This reflection [...]
By Randy Hain. Average players want to be left alone. Good players want to be coached. Great players want to be told the truth. - Doc Rivers, NBA Coach & Former Player One of the most important elements of a [...]
Executive presence is one of those funny things that everybody is measured on at some point in their career, particularly when they get to the director level and above. It’s also one of those funny things that no one exactly knows [...]
John’s meetings were some of the most painful I had ever experienced. Every week John would call a meeting with his senior leadership team (and I use that term loosely) in an effort to keep them updated, aligned and focused [...]
Post by Randy Hain While I made my living as a coach, I have lived my life to be a mentor-and to be mentored! . . . constantly. Everything in the world has been passed down. Every piece of [...]
If you are like most leaders, time is your most precious resource and everything is urgent all the time. And, again, if you’re like most leaders, you’re probably spending most of your time feeling like a firefighter working in the business rather [...]
By Randy Hain The Oxford Dictionary defines inspiration as “the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.” I came across another reference from the Collins Dictionary that described inspiration as “a feeling [...]
There is perhaps no better antidote to negativity than healthy and regular doses of “thankfulness.” Seems too simple, huh? Let me explain. “People’s brains have a ‘negativity bias’” In recent WSJ article on smarter ways to discipline children, a quote from one [...]
