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Re-Igniting Your Leadership Fire

The Secret Groundwork to an Extraordinary 2016

A new year is just around the corner. Another year is about to end.

Be honest with yourself …

· Are you feeling tired, stressed or depressed?

· Are you feeling disconnected from what really matters to you?

· Are you feeling like you have lost your way, not even realizing it?

In my experience, when December hits, many leaders are burned out and depleted. They are running on empty.

And understandably so. The demands on a leader’s energy and attention throughout the year are endless. I’ve been there myself. I know.

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Posted by Denise Corcoran on December 9, 2015 in Emotional Mastery, Goal Achievement, Leadership Performance, Mindset, Motivation.

Accountability to Possibility: The Next Frontier in Leadership Growth

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Gloria Steinem

When I was a little girl, my mother encouraged me to dream. She would often tell me … “Dream big dreams. It does not cost anything to dream.”

So as a child, I would imagine myself becoming …

possibility thinking

… A gold Olympic ice skater on one day.

… The first woman astronaut on another day.

… Then it was a toss up between a princess, a cowgirl or a Mickey Mouse musketeer on the other days.

Nobody ever told me that anything was impossible. I am grateful for those early days that shaped me to thrive possibilities.

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Posted by Denise Corcoran on August 18, 2015 in Accountability, Goal Achievement, Leadership Development, Leadership Performance, Mindset, Vision.

Creating a Vision That Pulls Your Company Forward

Re-Imagining New Leadership Possibilities in 2014

It’s that time of the year! Most business leaders are preparing for an executive off-site to define their company’s future direction for the new year.

Yet, in my 30 years experience of working with leadership teams and companies, the terms “vision,” “mission” and “values” are THE most overused, misunderstood and abused words in the business community today.

Vision statements, mission statements and strategic plans in many companies reduce to mere academic exercises with no real value in driving an organization forward. Why? Let’s take a look.

Why Most Company Visions Get an “F”: The Big 3

Your company’s vision lacks the necessary specificity and inspiration to pull your company forward.

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Posted by Denise Corcoran on December 3, 2013 in Alignment, Employee Engagement, Goal Achievement, Leadership Development, Leadership Performance, Mindset, Motivation, Organizational Performance, Organizational Transformation, Vision.

The Accountable Leader: Developing the Right Mindset That Ignite Performance (Part 1)

Are your leaders struggling to get strong performance from your people?
Are your leaders driving results through their own efforts, not their team?
Is your company suffering from operational breakdowns, late deliveries, low employee motivation and more?

Accountable Leader

Today’s most successful companies all have one trait in common. Their high performance organizations are driven by a strong accountability culture. Yet despite many companies’ well-intentioned efforts to create strong accountability, leaders still struggle to make it a reality. Mediocrity, lack of execution and operational breakdowns are hallmarks of poor accountability and an out of control, under-performing organization.