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.
Goals – Hold’ em or Fold ’em! “You got to know when to hold ’em, Know when to fold ’em, Know when to walk away, And know when to run.” Kenny Rogers The above quote is actually off the soundtrack from the movie, The Gambler, starring the late Kenny Rogers. Which makes a whole lot of sense if…
Accountability & Success: You Can’t Have One Without the Other! Most of us want to be successful. If we were being completely honest, most of us, would also like success to happen easily. Isn’t that why we buy lottery tickets or read self-help books and never change? Do you think that’s why some folks believe…
Don’t Wait! – Finishing Unfinished Conversations: We all experience times in life when you feel like you get a couple of fast balls thrown at you. They brush you back from the plate, grab your attention, or wake you up rudely. Life deals out it’s fair share of adversity, and it shows up in a…
Lessons From a Courageous Leader There are leaders…and then there are Courageous Leaders A number of years ago there was a story circulating on the internet about a U.S. Navy SEAL by the name of Michael Anthony Monsoor who was killed during the Iraq War on September 29, 2006. The story goes that his platoon…
*(An excerpt from Joe’s new coming coming out later this year) Extraordinary Wisdom – Part III “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” Albert Einstein. A Most Extraordinary Thinker One of the people I admire most is Albert Einstein. Over the course of many years I have quoted him quite often. Partially,…
(*An excerpt from Joe’s new book coming out later this year – To read Part – I click here) Extraordinary Wisdom – Part II “Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.” – Thomas Jefferson The Relationship Between, Wisdom, Honesty, & Ego If we are to be wise and act wisely, we…
(*An excerpt from Joe’s latest book, coming out later this year) Extraordinary Wisdom – Part I Throughout history, much has been written on the topic of wisdom. It has been studied, analyzed, and dissected for thousand of years. Attempts to put it in motion have been unfolding for hundreds of years before the birth of…
Gaining Extraordinary Insight Into Ourselves (An Excerpt from Joe’s newest book coming out next year ) Go To The Mirror Boy! I might be dating myself here, and yet I think this analogy is strikingly accurate. Back in the late 1960’s the British Rock Band, The Who, released their 4th album entitled, Tommy. It was…
2020: Dragging You Down or Challenging You To Leap? “Then as it was, then again it will be, And though the course may change sometimes, Rivers always reach the sea..”. Led Zeppelin – Ten Years Gone Recently, I took a leap and followed a dream I had for more than ten years. I sold…
Unhappy in Life…Unhappy at Work! A few weeks ago I told you that I was starting to share excerpts from my new book entitled, Extraordinary!:The Ultimate Guide To Living Your Extraordinary Life, which is scheduled to be out the first quarter of next year. Well in doing that I started getting feedback from a few…