Perry Holley

A common phrase you might hear from someone facing an ever-growing list of things they need to get done is, “I need to make time for that.” While that might sound like a good plan, the time available is the time available. I have conducted a global survey and can confirm with 100% certainty that no matter where you live,...

The audience had been listening to me for over three hours. We were halfway through our workshop on Coaching for High Performance. The following section we were to cover was on the importance of feedback and how to provide it to the people on your team. To kick off this section on feedback, I asked for feedback—on my performance over...

Leadership experts have often said, “Always praise in public and critique in private.” It’s become a rule of thumb for leaders who want to publicly encourage excellence and protect their team members’ confidence. But isn’t there a tradeoff to keeping criticism between the leader and the team member? By making feedback private, aren’t leaders missing out on a crucial teaching...

Every leader intends to lead themselves and their organization with integrity. I have never once had a leader who struggled with integrity and was anything less than heartbroken at the turn of events. So, how does a leader with such great intentions fall in the area of integrity? Your Integrity Will be Tested Integrity is when what you think, say,...

As John Maxwell likes to say, if people can’t get along with you, they won’t go along with you. As a leader, you will not be successful unless the team of people you lead wants you to be. As good as you may be, you can’t do it on your own. So, the answer to the second question in the...

It’s called the “Run for the Roses” and is described as the “Most exciting two minutes in sports.” I’m describing the Kentucky Derby, a horse race held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May. The Kentucky Derby is the first leg of the American Triple Crown, followed by the Preakness Stakes and then the Belmont Stakes. It...