Difficult Conversations and Leadership

Posted by Clay Parcells - September 24, 2010 - communications, critical conversations, crucial confrontations, Georgetown University, Rebecca Heino

This week, I had the privilege to speak to MBA students at Georgetown University. Dr. Rebecca Heino teaches a course on communications and asked the panelist to discuss our experiences with difficult conversations in the workplace. The students were engaged and asked thought provoking questions. As I was participating, I kept thinking how fortunate these students were to […]

Excellence and Leadership

Posted by Clay Parcells - September 15, 2010 - discipline, excellence, perseverance

Excellence should be a part of every leaders vocabulary. As a leader, we are not called to do a second-rate job at anything. Remember the old adage, “anything worth doing is worth doing well.” To often I see leaders go through the motions in some of their day to day activities as a leader. Take […]