Commitments! What are You Committed to?

Posted by Clay Parcells - August 21, 2018 - Character, commitment, courage, Goals, leadership, leadership training and development

I am privileged to know a remarkable young man, Roger Stewart-Frederick. Roger is a personal trainer at my health club. He is also the wrestling coach at a prestigious high school in the D.C. area, an accomplished Roman Greco and freestyle wrestler who competed on the world stage. Roger has succeeded in life despite being […]

The Leadership Zen of Joe Maddon – Part 4

Posted by Clay Parcells - July 24, 2017 - leadership, Leadership Skills, leadership training and development, management

Joe Maddon, the manager of the Chicago Cubs, has 13 principles he uses to manage and lead himself and his team. Maddon’s first three principles build on each other. Without personal relationships, you cannot have trust. If trust does not exist, it is hard to respect others. Without trust and respect it is impossible to […]

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The Leadership Zen of Joe Maddon – Part 3

Posted by Clay Parcells - July 17, 2017 - Leadership Skills, leadership training and development, Respect

My last post talked about Maddon’s 13 principles he uses to manage and lead his life and his team. The foundational tenant for Maddon is: Make A Personal Connection First: Everything Else Follows. Read it here. His second principle is simple. There is Only One Rule The one team rule is “Respect 90”. It […]

The Promise of Leadership

Posted by Clay Parcells - August 24, 2016 - Authenticity, commitment, leadership, Leadership Development, leadership training and development

When you step into a new leadership role there are great expectations as to how you will perform. These expectations are both expressed and unspoken. A new set of leadership promises emerge from your consciousness and from those you will lead; that you will perform at the highest level of leadership! Understanding and living up […]

Listening & Leadership

Posted by Clay Parcells - August 15, 2016 - communication, discipline, engagement, leadership, Leadership Skills, leadership training and development, self-awareness

“Leaders who don’t listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say” – Andy Stanley Last month I wrote about the importance of being an effective communicator (view it here). Effective written and oral communication skills are integral to succeed as a leader. If effective speaking and storytelling are the yin of […]

The Inner Game of Leadership: Your Values

Posted by Clay Parcells - May 11, 2016 - Authenticity, leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Skills, leadership training and development, self-awareness, Values

Back in February, I wrote about the 4 Dimensional Leader Model I use to help leaders develop their self awareness and improve their inner game of leadership. Check it out here. The 4 domains are Physical, Intellectual, Emotional and Spiritual. The Spiritual domain represents your moral compass. It defines who you are and how you […]

The Inner Game of Leadership: Emotional Intelligence

Posted by Clay Parcells - March 28, 2016 - Emotional Intelligence, EQ-i 2.0 Assessment, Harvard Business Review, leadership, Leadership Skills, leadership training and development, self-awareness

I trust you have practiced noticing how you are showing up and impacting others using the 4 dimensional leader model outlined in my blog last month. Check it out here. Practicing and noticing these four domains helps you increase your self-awareness skills, which is the foundation of developing your emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is one […]

How can you still develop yourself as a leader if you have little time right now?

Posted by Clay Parcells - October 25, 2011 - Barry Posner, Devin Cashman, Fierce Conversations, James Kouzes, Jim Collins, John Zenger, Joseph Folkman, leadership training and development, Max DePree, Stephen Covey, Susan Scott, Warren Bennis

We work in a 24/7 environment thanks to technology and the global reach of business today. The demands on leaders are compounded by corporate demands of exceeding goals, developing strategies, creating a vision, securing new clients, delighting current clients, addressing the ever increasing demands of government regulations, Board and shareholder demands, travel, staff development […]

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 […]