The Ten P Model Squared™: A Self-Awareness Mirror for Humanistic Leaders
Over the past two decades, I’ve coached and taught leaders across industries, continents, and career stages. Some were guiding large organizations through complexity. Others were just stepping into their first formal leadership role. But regardless of experience, the...
Humanistic Leadership in Action: A Mid-Year Reflection
Are You Leading from the Inside Out? As we approach the halfway mark of the year, I’ve been thinking deeply about what it means to lead—not just in title or role, but in spirit. Leadership, as I see it, isn’t about controlling outcomes or commanding others. It’s about...
Leading with Humanity
You Don’t Need a Crisis to Begin Again I recently had a conversation with a former client—a successful stockbroker in his late 40s. He told me, “My dad always said I’d be crazy to leave this job. I’d be set for life.” He followed that advice for decades. But when we...
Seize the day
Many of us waste time, progressing slowly toward what we want most. Instead, we should seize the day. That is, learn to make the most of every moment. I start the day by answering self-reflective questions that inspire me and enable action for a new day. Every new day...
The importance of honest communication at work
One aim of humanistic leadership is to enable people and the organizations they support to grow, develop, and be sustainable over the long run. This growth can occur when there is honest communication at work. Honest communication means people are not afraid to state...
Humanistic Leadership and Happy Holidays
The three most essential qualities of a humanistic leader A student recently asked me what I thought were the top three qualities of a humanistic leader. This was a good question I had not considered before, as I usually discuss many attributes. So, after some...
Joyful Work and Happy holidays
Your best work represents you. Joyful work makes you feel alive, energetic, and happy. It makes you curious about learning new ideas, approaches, and skills to enhance your work and excited to try out new ideas, approaches, and solutions to challenges you face. Most...
Have a sense of urgency.
Embrace a sense of urgency, a mindset that compels you to act promptly and decisively, realizing the value of time and the importance of your actions. Having a sense of urgency gets things done. I have a sense of urgency about humanistic leadership and healing our...