The Fruits of Maturity
We all know about the power of culture and its impact on productivity within organizations. Great cultures enhance the employee experience, increases productivity, retention of staff and the bottom line. Company cultures are created by people. Emotional, mental,...
Leadership is all about Human Needs
I love leadership. Actually, I'm passionate about it. I love it so much because I really really want to help myself, my family, and other people make their greatest contribution to the world. I have discovered that the only way to truly impact people and help them do...
Visualizing a positive future event can help with weight loss
The follow article is republished without modification from the NIH Record April 11, 2014 edition. "Dr. Leonard H. Epstein of the University at Buffalo has found that visualizing a positive future event can help control the impulse to overeat. “This is two ideas put...
Episodic Future Thinking: Visualize Yourself into a Better Future
"Studies concerned with functions have identified several domains in which episodic future thinking produces performance benefits, including decision making, emotion regulation, prospective memory, and spatial navigation." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11728911...
Bargaining with Death
My wife and I just watched Black Panther and loved it. As I watched it, I was reminded of the topic for this post from a scene. After the hostile takeover of the kingdom by Erik Killmonger, T'Challa (Black Panther) goes to the land of his ancestors and meets his...
5 Things People Look for in the Leaders they Follow
People don't follow the leader because of the leader. Everybody is looking for a servant to serve them. People follow a leader because of their own personal needs. A leader who persuades them that he is the best one to help them meet these personal needs wins the...
Leadership Competencies and the Human Needs they Meet
Dr. Sunnie Giles, the creator of Quantum Leadership, did a survey of 195 leaders in 15 countries over 30 global organizations. Participants were asked to choose the 10 most important leadership competencies from a list of 74. Looking at the results, these global...
Good is the Enemy of Great
As many of you know, the mission of Kenneth MD is to "Empower people to contribute their greatest Life, Work, and Leadership to the World." My passion is greatness in every aspect of life, work, and our impact on the world. One thing I've found that stands in the way...
Position is Not Leadership
A position is a platform on which to stand and lead. The position is not leadership. I think "positional leadership" is an oxymoron. One doesn't need a position to lead and a position has nothing to do with leadership. Positional in "positional leadership" seems to be...
Patience is not Laziness
Patience is not sitting around and doing nothing. It is not putting your life on hold and waiting for manna to fall from heaven or for someone else to make something happen. That's laziness. Patience is passionately pursuing your purpose and pouring your life into...