November 28, 2023
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
The purpose of warming up before physical activity is to prepare mentally and physically for your chosen activity. Warming up increases your heart rate and therefore your blood flow. This enables more oxygen to reach your muscles and decreases the...
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November 22, 2023
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
When we first published this in February 2023, it quickly became the most listened-to episode globally that we have done, before or since. Despite this, organizations are not prioritizing leadership development and training, and the situation is worsening with several...
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November 21, 2023
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
What’s most challenging about leading organizations today? And do these leadership challenges differ around the world? The fact is that regardless of location, leadership challenges are more similar than different. In a study conducted by the Center For Creative Leadership,...
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November 16, 2023
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
Big hat, no cattle. This is a Texas put-down for someone who is all talk and no action with no substance of power behind their words. We see this as just another form of the Imposter Syndrome. Not only do...
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November 13, 2023
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
Let's imagine for a minute that you are a contractor and have a contract to build a brand-new office building. You start to subcontract the job to carpenters, electricians, plumbers, and everyone else you need to build this building. Now...
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November 10, 2023
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
If only leadership development were that easy. Unfortunately, many believe that leadership development is a matter of reading a book, attending a seminar, or following the counsel of a supervisor on an annual review that says you need to be...
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November 01, 2023
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
We are in constant awe of the brilliant minds that produce the most amazing technology, architecture, agricultural, medical breakthroughs, and machines that make our world what it is today, as well as what the future will be. But does STEM...
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October 26, 2023
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
If you were the hiring manager looking for top leadership talent, would you hire yourself? Do you think you have what it takes to lead others into the future? Are you the tough leader with the skills who can face...
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October 19, 2023
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
A Scotoma is a partial loss of vision or blind spot in an otherwise normal visual field. So how does this relate to leaders and organizations? The facts are based on global research from Gallup, Deloitte, and similar organizations that...
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October 10, 2023
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
Leaders who reward great teams, or individual performance with recognition, attention, and appreciation help to cultivate even higher levels of engagement and loyalty to the organization. This is a good thing — up to a point. It is when leaders...
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