How to Co – Exist with Your Force of Nature

by Leslie G. Ungar

We admire them, we swear at them, and we swear by them.  Some of us work for them, work with them, or are related to them. How we see these people is very much a matter of what role they fill in our personal or professional lives: how we are connected to them. They are always in some way bigger than life. Read More

Sweat the Right Small Stuff: Seven Achilles Heels of Today’s Leaders

by Leslie G. Ungar

Let’s go on a journey inwards. Everyone is a boss: of a company, team, or of themselves. As we look at the seven Achilles heels you will see that sometimes the small stuff does need to be sweated. Just make sure it is the right small stuff. The executive who needs to be the sole point person is hard on an organization and hard on the individuals.  In today’s world, young Gen X and Gen Y won’t wait out a micro-manager boss. The efforts of an organization need to be directed outward. When the leader needs to be the sole person, the energy of the organization is spent inward rather than outward. Read More