What do Miracles have in common with Leadership?

Posted by Clay Parcells - November 8, 2010 - Brett Douglas, courage, integrity, miracles, passion, vision

Do you believe in miracles? I do! I witnessed one this past weekend in Atlanta. My nephew, Brett Douglas got married to a beautiful woman named Diana. Brett almost did not make to the aisle. The day after Christmas last year, Brett went into the hospital and almost died. In fact, we were told Brett probably would not make […]

Difficult Conversations and Leadership

Posted by Clay Parcells - September 24, 2010 - communications, critical conversations, crucial confrontations, Georgetown University, Rebecca Heino

This week, I had the privilege to speak to MBA students at Georgetown University. Dr. Rebecca Heino teaches a course on communications and asked the panelist to discuss our experiences with difficult conversations in the workplace. The students were engaged and asked thought provoking questions. As I was participating, I kept thinking how fortunate these students were to […]

Excellence and Leadership

Posted by Clay Parcells - September 15, 2010 - discipline, excellence, perseverance

Excellence should be a part of every leaders vocabulary. As a leader, we are not called to do a second-rate job at anything. Remember the old adage, “anything worth doing is worth doing well.” To often I see leaders go through the motions in some of their day to day activities as a leader. Take […]

Helping others and helping yourself.

Posted by Clay Parcells - August 18, 2010 - legacy, servant leadership

I lost a very dear friend on Monday to heart disease. I am still in shock and my heart carries a great deal of sadness for his family, colleagues and friends. I hired Michael at my former employer and worked with him for 8 years. Michael was in the prime of his life and it […]

As a leader, do you manage your time or does time manage you?

Posted by Clay Parcells - August 8, 2010 - communication, delegation, time management

How are you managing your time? What does your calender look like? If your like most leaders your calender looks awful. Everyone and I mean everyone, wants a piece of you. Your boss, peers, direct reports, clients and other stakeholders are requesting your time to attend meetings and conference calls. You are constantly bombarded with emails, phone […]

What do you want your leadership legacy to be?

Posted by Clay Parcells - August 2, 2010 - Bersin and Associates, engagement, Joe Light, leadership training and development, Wall Street Journal, war for talent

In today’s Wall Street Journal, Joe Light writes about how leadership training is gaining back momentum due to the strong economy. http://on.wsj.com/b0RGES . He writes, due to layoffs and fears of a leadership pipeline of qualified managers, companies are bolstering their leadership efforts. Several surveys from human resources consulting firms confirm that budgets for leadership development efforts are […]

Leading in uncertain times

Posted by Clay Parcells - July 29, 2010 - Uncategorized

A lot has been written about the state of our economy. There exists a lot of fear out in the market despite the fact that corporate earnings continue to go up for some companies and the stock market is above the 10,000 mark. What are some of the reasons for these concerns? Wages are stagnate, housing […]