May 14, 2015

How to inspire better leadership from your boss [podcast]

Managing upward has never been easy. It’s especially challenging when you are working for someone who has poorly developed leadership and communications skills. Is there ever hope for change? Is it possible to inspire better leadership from your boss? ...

May 7, 2015

How to create great ideas [podcast]

Ideas are everywhere. I have so many, I created a T-shirt to express my creative angst. It simply says, “So many ideas, so little time.” When it comes to generating ideas, how can you improve your odds of truly creating a great ...

May 5, 2015

Three ways offloading may be hurting you

It happens to all of us. Too many “yeses” and suddenly we’re in a pickle; there’s not enough time to dispatch all the commitments we’ve made. What to do? Often, our first instinct is to start off-loading. We cancel ...

April 30, 2015

The choice between legend or legacy [podcast]

Lily Tomlin once quipped, “All my life, I’ve always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific.” Why wait until your near the end of your life to decide your legacy? In our most ...

April 25, 2015

Introducing Strategic CEO and the Strategic Margin Workshop

Is it possible to increase your strategic capacity? To think more creatively and strategically about your business and life? Over the last several years I’ve been coaching executives to do that very thing. This week I launched the StrategicCEO.com website ...

April 23, 2015

Four ways to grow your emotional intelligence [podcast]

“Act your age—not your shoe-size.” You’ve heard that said before. You may have even said it yourself. While our feet may have stopped growing, our emotional intelligence doesn’t need to. In our most recent episode of the Reinventure Me podcast, ...

April 16, 2015

What is emotional intelligence (EQ)? [podcast]

I once heard someone say, tongue in cheek, “Business would be good if it weren’t for the people.” No matter what venture you are pursuing, dealing with people can be one of the greatest challenges. And the most rewarding, ...

April 9, 2015

How to find your persistent resistance [podcast]

Avoidance is easy. And painful. Especially when I avoid doing the very thing I’ve longed to do for a long time. That’s persistent resistance. In the latest episode of the Reinventure Me podcast, my co-host Armin Assadi and I discuss How ...

April 2, 2015

Five ways to leave others better than you found them [podcast]

A famous quote from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe says, “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of becoming.” Our interactions with others can have an amazing ...

March 27, 2015

The four temptations of a disruptive day

Disruptive days are annoying. An event occurs that suddenly rearranges everything else you had planned. Here's how to navigate the four temptations of a disruptive day:

Leary Gates | Venture coach

Turn your vision into venture. Ideas into action.