Joe Contrera is the Founder and President of ALIVE @ WORK LLC, a leadership development company dedicated to helping Extraordinary Leaders Achieve Extraordinary Results. He is the author of three books. His latest, Extraordinary Results: Mastering the Art of Leading, Coaching, & Influencing Others, is quickly becoming a must-have resource for leaders in organizations across the country. It will not only change what you believe about leading, it will help you build your leadership skills so that you can successfully influence others.
I Can’t Belief This!!!! How many times have you said to yourself: I just can’t believe this? Was it after seeing something that didn’t make any sense? Was it after seeing something that outraged you? Maybe it was seeing or experiencing something that you couldn’t explain? One of the models I use with clients is…
And the Truth Shall… A few weeks ago I had an opportunity to work with a group of leaders. At one point in the day we arrived at a fork in the road. Path A: Ignore the elephant in the room and continue to pretend that everything was “fine,” even though everyone knew it was…
Having a Bad Day? Have you ever had one of those days? You know the day I’m talking about, the one where you feel like your whole world is being turned upside down and everything is going wrong? And the harder you try to fix it, change it, or make it better…the worse it gets.…
Change Your Brain Now! If you want to change your life…start by changing your brain. Daniel Goleman, the father of Emotional Intelligence shared information a few years ago about the field of Neurogenesis. He said that scientists have discovered that your brain generates 10,000 new stem cells everyday! So much for killing brain cells eh?…
“Eleanor Rigby, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door.” …
Who’s On Your Team? As I reflect over the first two months of this year, I was struck by the number of leaders and teams I had the privilege of working with. I have the privilege of walking alongside these folks and help them push past their comfort zones to do the hard work of…
10 Life Lessons I Have Learned…So Far! As each year passes I realize that I continue to learn valuable lessons. So I thought I would share a few of them that I’ve been thinking about lately. Some of them were welcomed, while others were learned the hard way, but I think that is what this journey…
“If you can dream it, you can do it” – Walt Disney When I Grow Up… Do you remember when you were a kid and someone asked you what you wanted to be when you grew up? “I want to be a…fireman, policeman, a nurse, a superhero, etc.” So what did you want to be…
“I dare you to move, I dare you to move, I dare you to pick yourself up off the floor” – Switchfoot How To Pick Yourself Up Have you ever started your day feeling like everything was going your way? Until it wasn’t! Maybe it starts when you get a bit of not-so-great news. But…
Will You Achieve Success This Year? As we close in on the end of the first month of the new year, it may be obvious, that if you want to achieve success this year you will need to be persistent in your actions for the remaining 11 months. Yes, we all want to achieve success…