by Jim Struck | Apr 16, 2018 | Personal Development, The Coach Is In Blog
I had intended to follow-up my last blog post on “Transformation” with a blog on “Purpose.” Instead, I am taking a little ‘detour’ because of an experience last week. In some ways, it is a perfect segue from transformation to purpose. I hope you agree. Last week I...
by Jim Struck | Apr 2, 2018 | Articles, Personal Development
“Your attitude today, determines your success tomorrow.” Keith Harrell Sometime around 2000, I had the good fortune to meet Keith Harrell. Keith was the keynote at a leadership development program I was attending sponsored by the Healthcare Financial...
by Jim Struck | Mar 19, 2018 | Personal Development
A marked change in form, nature, or appearance, a process by which one figure, expression, or function is converted into another. From the Latin/Old French trans – meaning “across,” and formare – “to form”. Synonyms: change, alteration, mutation, conversion,...
by Jim Struck | Mar 5, 2018 | Articles, Leadership Effectiveness, Personal Development
Trust and Leadership “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” Nelson Mandella I have experienced several situations lately where leaders have destroyed the trust people had in them. Given my recent experiences, I became curious about the...
by Jim Struck | Feb 19, 2018 | The Coach Is In Blog, Uncategorized
We are conditioned to think mostly about what we should be ‘doing.’ Certainly, most jobs reward based on what we do. I understand this. I have found over time that there is a subtler, and often more powerful, action that is of more value – the act of stopping...
by Jim Struck | Feb 5, 2018 | Articles
Lessons of Leadership – A Note to Michigan State University: Remember Penn State In January, 2012, I wrote the following as part of a larger piece on the painful lessons of leadership. “It is a great and painful lesson. When we put on the mantle of leadership we are...
by Jim Struck | Jan 15, 2018 | The Coach Is In Blog
I received a very cool gift from my daughter for Christmas this year. I’ll get to that in a minute. Now that I am a grandparent, I realize even more how much effort is involved in being a parent of young children. With both parents working there are always...
by Jim Struck | Jan 1, 2018 | Articles, Leadership Effectiveness
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2018! As I sit in my office reflecting on 2017, I am amazed by the ground covered, the changes and adaptations that were made, and the transitions that have occurred in 2017. Many of you know that a big transition for me was the move to...
by Jim Struck | Dec 18, 2017 | The Coach Is In Blog
Raise your hand if your family sends out a Christmas/Holiday letter? Wow, that’s what I thought, about 10% of you. This is a bigger crisis than I thought. I’m being a little facetious, but read on and you will understand. For more than 20 years, I have continued a...
by Jim Struck | Dec 4, 2017 | Communication, Leadership Effectiveness, Uncategorized
I learned some time ago that leadership is really about relationship; that the by-product of that relationship is influence. Recently, that led me back to the book, Influencer, by Patterson, Grenny, Maxfield, McMillan, and Switzler. It had been a while since I had...
