Dr. TC North
High Performing Teams
Is It Better for Leaders to Be Nice or Kind? Liked or Respected?
Nice leaders create short-term comfort. Kind leaders create long-term success—for their people, themselves, and their business. I attract “nice” leadership teams, probably because learning how and when to be kind instead of always being nice has been a lifelong...
9 Questions to Determine How Resilient You Are – Really!
To help you reflect, I’d like to ask the above question, "how resilient are you" from nine perspectives: Do you blame others for your problems or take full ownership? Do you ruminate on negative events or move forward with intention? How often do you complain? Do you...
A Surprising Trait of Great Innovative Leaders
Great leaders often possess a trait that may initially seem counterintuitive: They want you to change their mind. This mindset, rooted in curiosity and humility, is a hallmark of those with healthy egos. While decisiveness is undoubtedly an important leadership trait,...
The Road to Success Is Filled With the Potholes of Failure
We often don’t appreciate that failure is valuable or that there are two types of failures, some that are valuable learning failures and some that are dangerous. The value of learning failures. Babies must build strength, balance, and coordination before they can...
What’s Leadership Love and How Is It Expressed?
“Everyone has two choices. We’re either full of love…or full of fear.” — Albert Einstein Is it good to work for a boss who loves you? For the past 38 years, I’ve helped entrepreneurs develop high-performance cultures and businesses. For the first 26 years, I never...
Overcome Burnout – Using A Very Different Approach
Feeling burned out and want to overcome burnout? You’re not alone! Here are some staggering statistics: 76% of respondents in a Mental Health America and FlexJobs study agreed that workplace stress affects their mental health, and 75% experienced burnout during the...
The Project Management Trifecta™ Can Pay Off Big
If you win the trifecta in horse racing, you win BIG! It's also true in business. About 30 years ago, I worked with a graphic design company near Aspen, Colorado. By most standards, they were very successful. Their loyal, repeat clients loved them; they had excellent...
The 3 Things Entrepreneurs Should Coach Employees On
To have a high-performance entrepreneurial team or organization, you must have people who live the company’s values (right people) in positions where they have the skills to be high performers (right seats). You must also lead, manage and hold accountable each of your...
The Surprising Gender Difference No One Seems to Know
If you are a leader or in sales, you'll want to know this gender difference! When communication is important, you’ll want to know how to apply this gender difference. New neuroscience research has found that humans can pass extremely specific behaviors from one...