Tremendous Tracey
The Art of Ending - 5 Tips for Pruning the Weeds Out of Your Professional Life
With the changing of the leaves comes the perfect opportunity to make some other necessary changes. We often think of pruning as it pertains to the...
My Leadership Heroes: First Up...Martin Luther
October is one of my favorite months, but this one is extra tremendous. I am halfway through a 10-day excursion through Germany. Among the many inc...
Keeping the Leadership Light Burning Bright: Tips for Inner Inspiration & Motivation
My doctoral classes are back in full swing and one of my classes is Teaching and Learning: Theory and Practice. One of our texts is Parker Palmer’s...
The Mentoring Mudslide: How to Offer Guidance Without Slipping Into Doing It For Them
One of the hardest things to discern in leadership is if you are truly helping someone or enabling them. My father used to say you can lead a horse...
What Makes A Mentor? Six Steps to Getting Started
I’ve spent so much time speaking with reporters lately about bully bosses, unethical CEO’s, and unhappiness at work, that it’s time to talk about s...
Born to Lead: Encouraging Your Standouts
Where would we be without our A-Team? We’d be nowhere, that’s where. You can’t get any kind of traction without standouts. But so often we miss opp...
Planting Seeds to "Grow" Future Readers
Growing up, I thought leadership was all about what you did. As I grew older, I realized a huge part of leadership is about what you read. Every da...
Accountability and The Ripple Effect
Have you ever noticed that when you attempt to focus on one area of your life, with an eye toward improvement, you tend to notice other areas that ...
Don’t Let Frustration Fester: Encouraging Accountability
The second law of thermodynamics states that the universe tends toward disorder. So does your workplace, unless strong leaders with integrity and ...
New Beginnings - 3 Tips for Life After the Diploma
On Friday, May 12th, Tracey C. Jones had the honor of receiving an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Central Penn College. In addition to rec...
Perfecting the Puzzle: Building a Team You’ll Want to Keep Forever
The hardest thing in the world is finding the right people to surround yourself with; in business, in play, and in love. No matter how good you or ...
Leadership is Lifelong Learning
Growing up, I heard my father say the same quote countless times: “You’ll be the same person five years from now that you are today except for two ...
Followership First
Followership is not a dirty word. In fact, it is one of the most beautiful words in our language. Followership is not about being a second rate or ...
Butterfly Leadership
Believe it or not, leaders morph just like the rest of us. They evolve with every decision, opportunity, or crisis. Many leadership books state tha...
The Science of Success
For many, success is an elusive goal. We feel powerless and resort to blaming our circumstances for the condition of our lives. But success is more...
