Reflections on Leadership

As an effective leader, you put yourself out there. You take the heat that others throw your way because you know it comes with the territory. It's inevitable, as a leader, you will receive criticism. Never allow that reality to keep you from leading well. Sometimes the critiques will come from your rivals, sometimes your friends, and often from other leaders who are attempting to keep you at bay...

If your organization doesn’t have a plan to dig deeper and also measure meaningful results; like how many lives it will make better, jobs it will create, communities it will strengthen, or families it will serve, you may want to review your vision, values, and goals. Can you suppress the desire to pass costs, burden, or blame on your end-user, client, consumer, audience, patient, or citizen, and i...

Are you in a rut, feeling stuck or aimless? Then you probably need to do the opposite of what you've been doing. Prepare and practice by doing the opposite of what you normally do for a series of small, seemingly insignificant things each day. *** About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and...

In this episode, Rachel Larraine Crawford. Rachel is an Interior Designer who specializes in creating environments where people thrive, physically, and spiritually. In our conversation, Rachel shares her thoughts on leading by taking action, how collaboration and learning new skills fuels her creativity, and the value of connecting with nature, centering yourself and listening to your gut. About L...

In this episode, entrepreneur, Todd Cazin, owner and founder of Consolidated Concepts, Your Total Print Resource. Todd is also Vice President of the San Diego Equality Business Association board of directors, and he’s been dipping into the culinary world. During our our conversation, Todd shares his thoughts on leadership challenges, the importance of systems, and the leadership mindset versus the...

A quick one on the fly today. To move forward on your “intentions” always drive for actions, decisions, communications, or completions as well as these seven other considerations: What do you want to achieve? What big difference will it make? What does success look like? Describe the feelings and impact. Who else will be impacted? Best Case / Worst Case Scenario? Success Criteria *** About Reflect...

We all know that 50-65% of managers don't give a crap. They don't care about their direct reports, the organization that pays them, and they don't particularly care about their leader. Now, if you're a jackhole like them, maybe you don't care either. But this is for those managers that DO care.  It’s time to give a different type of management C.R.A.P. Compassion Recognition Accountability Pe...

Busy professionals often feel anxious because far too many are not acting on purpose, or their values do not align with the organization. When you know your purpose and values, decision-making becomes easier because you have an automatic filter you can measure potential outcomes against.  What problem would you like to work on? Build a theme around your goal to help keep you focused.  Bo...

Your business might have a code of conduct, but do you? Busy professionals should have a personal compass to follow. It doesn’t need to be something as grand as a manifesto, though, you should spend time creating one for yourself because it is important to document what you believe in and stand for in your life.  *** About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accou...

Here are five criteria you can use to filter the worthiness of your ideas. Use a numeric scale, 0-4 for example, to rate the low and high probability of each element for every project you are considering. Speed Profitable Impact Client-focused Ease *** About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership...

People still confuse a list of wishes with goals. Goals should give you vision and direction so you can create an actionable plan toward achieving them.  How would you like to turn your wishes into a great goal?  Here’s a simple five step worksheet to help busy professionals do just that. It's an exercise designed to identify the one motivating goal that is burning inside of you. *** See...

It doesn’t take as much to change the world as you might think. Anytime you interact with others, it’s impossible not to have any influence on them in some way.  About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide insp...

It doesn’t matter what you’re leading; there are three areas you want to strike a balance. Customer Satisfaction,  Employee Satisfaction,  and Profitable Revenue Growth. In which of these areas do you feel you could make the greatest positive impact? About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on le...

7 Steps to Build a Great Personal Plan Consider this a busy professional’s checklist for success. You probably do a good job making plans in your worklife, but what about everywhere else? Karl Bimshas gives a brief overview of the seven critical steps required to make a great personal plan for the next year or decade.  About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS acc...

In this episode, Phillip Tanzilo, owner of Transformational Learning and Leadership Strategies. He is a Performance Consultant, Coach, and Speaker with international clients in a variety of fields. In our conversation, Phillip shares his thoughts on dealing with changes in the modern workspace, why it’s crucial to build trust, the importance self-assessing, and the philosophy of being green and gr...

Want to be a good business owner, executive, or friend? Know your purpose. Know your values and work on your purpose every day. Alllow them to guide you, inform your decisions, and inspire your life. About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challen...

How are you doing on your goals? Riding high; or don't want to think about it until you're back from vacation? Take a look at your targets for the year. What are you going to do if you're off track? A lousy leader might suggest you re-evaluate your goals. Maybe you were too ambitious. Never let someone belittle your ambitions. And never lower your target. About Reflections on Leadership: Leadershi...

People get worked up about not being able to find their passion. They think that’s the first requirement, a job that you’re passionate about. If you have that, you know it’s a great and rare thing. However, that doesn’t have to be the goal. People are getting confused. It has very little to do with finding passion and everything to do with bringing your passion. About Reflections on Leadership: Le...

10 Questions to Help Busy Professionals Act on Purpose A lot of seemingly successful people are feeling lost around saying they don’t know what their purpose is. Taken from a recent webinar, listen as Karl walks you through a self-assessment you can take to gauge if you really are acting without purpose or if you’ve simply drifted off track. Download Purpose Self-Assessment => Worksheet Blog po...

Leadership Advisor, Karl Bimshas speaks with busy professionals in various stages of their career, and along different paths of their leadership journey on the “Leadership Spotlight.” In this episode, Ruth McCallan. Ruth is focused on recovering from an illness that unexpectedly took her out of her 37-year career in the business world. She has a great perspective on the triumphs and perils of mana...

Leadership Advisor, Karl Bimshas speaks with busy professionals in various stages of their career, and along different paths of their leadership journey on the “Leadership Spotlight.” In this episode, Kristina Au, Director of Human Resources at a San Diego company. She’s also a writer and podcaster who integrates personal growth and development into all her endeavors. Kristina helps people hear th...

Leadership Advisor, Karl Bimshas speaks with busy professionals in various stages of their career, and along different paths of their leadership journey on the “Leadership Spotlight.” In this episode, Chris Hoffmann, CEO of Vet Training & Coaching, a terrific organization aimed at helping ambitious veterans, three to six years out to regain their clarity, fulfillment, and impact.  Chris t...

Leadership Advisor, Karl Bimshas speaks with busy professionals in various stages of their career, and along different paths of their leadership journey on the “Leadership Spotlight.” In this episode, Courtney Stuessel, HR Manager at Hard Rock Hotel San Diego with Evolution Hospitality . Courtney talks about the learning experiences she’s having while pursuing her career in Human Resources. Her fo...

Leadership Advisor, Karl Bimshas speaks with busy professionals in various stages of their career, and along different paths of their leadership journey on the “Leadership Spotlight.” In this episode, Chad Chartier, SFIDC, Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy, talks about honor, courage, and commitment. He shares a daily mantra; Be engaged. Be informed. Be relevant. This conversation is f...

Leadership Advisor, Karl Bimshas speaks with busy professionals in various stages of their career, and along different paths of their leadership journey on the “Leadership Spotlight.” In this episode, Dr. Frank Marshall, Associate Professor of Management at Point Loma Nazarene University . The discussion with Frank covers fixed versus growth mindset, permission to fail, seagull management, moving...