by Steve Riege | Oct 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
My Boss is a jerk. I really don’t like my Boss. What gives him the right to treat me this way? She has a bad day and I suffer. Ok, enough already. Do you know that’s what they really say? Do you know they are talking about...
by Steve Riege | Oct 11, 2010 | Uncategorized
If you are looking for the latest discussion of Napoleon, Nicholas Rostov, Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, Pierre Bezukhov, Natasha Rostov, or Princess Helene, you’ve googled the wrong War and Peace. Tolstoy needed four volumes to tell the of the disastrous 1812...
by Steve Riege | Sep 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
Have you ever experienced the calm before the storm? As I gaze out the window on the train, I can see the purple and black billowing clouds far away in the west. But here, with my world re-sized by headphones and my laptop, there is a peaceful calm,...
by Steve Riege | Sep 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
When I asked Tim what was on his mind, he really opened up. “I love my job. I really do. But there are some things that make it really unbearable. I mean, I’m really good at what I do. Well, that’s what my friends tell me. The...
by Steve Riege | Sep 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
When I initially meet with my coaching clients, we complete an initial assessment. Part of the assessment helps begin to uncover core issues for our future work together. New clients usually take great care to explain who they are. However,...
by Steve Riege | Sep 11, 2010 | Uncategorized
Have you ever been in the presence of someone who has this unmatched passion and drive to succeed at what they set out to do? Don’t you look at them and feel this huge “aha” moment, and wish it were you? We typically apply this to a high achieving athlete,...
by Steve Riege | Aug 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
One of my clients asked me to help them discover a downward trend in profits at one of their locations. Everything seems to check out, they said. Marketing plans are consistent with our corporate guidelines. Inventory control checks are all green on...
by Steve Riege | Aug 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
We have concluded one of the twelve behaviors of the Rare Leader™ is to be high in “relationships”. The quick response from some people has been…”so what you’re telling me, is that if I don’t like to be around people I can’t lead?” I’ve heard...
by Steve Riege | Jun 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
The Rare Leader™ is always interacting with people. The Rare Leader™ is able to utilize intuition to sense what people are feeling and thinking. The Rare Leader™ has the ability to interact positively, actively listening, understanding, and responding to...
by Steve Riege | Jun 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
“I’m Decisive. I own this company and I am expected to make decisions.” Is this you? Or does this sound familiar? “You spend so much time trying to figure out what to do, that nothing gets done. I didn’t hire you to sit around and do...
