7 Skills A 21st Century Leader Will Need To Succeed!

Recently, I provided the keynote speech at a large leadership conference and shared a talk about what makes a leader effective, along with the new competencies of leadership in the 21st century. To start my talk I shared my twitter handle (@linalharris) with the audience to provide them a way to ask questions, since there Read More

Will you come to the table and eat?

Last night, I was chatting with a friend who made a statement that really stuck with me. The statement he made was, “People don’t know, what they don’t know.” This caused me to contemplate the following: If people knew, what they didn’t know, would they take the time to gain the knowledge they were lacking? Read More

What do you REALLY want?

  Are all your wants and desires written down? Do you know your life’s goals so well you can repeat them from memory? Do you have your dreams and aspirations displayed on a vision board or storyboard that you can see everyday? If the answer is no, I regret to inform you that you’re probably living Read More

Tug!

  When a baby elephant is born in captivity and the trainer wants to ensure he can control the elephant, he places a rope on one of the calf’s legs and the rope is attached to a sturdy wooden post.  This is the first and most important step the trainer will take to keep the elephant within Read More