Posts by Susan Taylor
Susan Taylor Accepted into Forbes Coaches Council
Susan Taylor, co-founder & CEO of Generon International, has been accepted into the Forbes Coaches Council, an invitation-only community for leading business and career coaches. Susan joins other Forbes Coaches Council members who are hand-selected to become part of a curated network of successful peers and get access to a variety of exclusive benefits and…
Read MoreWhy Leadership is Essential for Success
Why Leadership Training is Essential for Success With noble intentions, organizations in the United States spend nearly $200 billion dollars on leadership training. And I’m sorry. Whenever I hear the word “training”, I think of monkeys. Or sea lions at Sea World spinning balls on their noses. Can leaders even be trained? The jury’s still…
Read MoreWhy Effective Leaders Listen
I Hear What You’re Saying, but…: You’ve been working on a proposal for weeks about an idea you have for your organization. The day has finally come. You’re in the Board room, seated in front of the Executive Team, presenting your PowerPoint slides in a most professional manner. Talking the members of the team through…
Read MoreReal Leaders Cry
“Just hold it together, Susan; just keep it together.” I can’t tell you how many times I have said these very words to myself over the past 18 months, the most recent being a few short days ago. I was driving my youngest daughter to the airport; it was Christmas Eve. This was going…
Read MoreLeading is Serving
Making my way home from a business trip to Houston, waiting for my flight to board, I busied myself by researching some articles on leadership. Hobby Airport was busier than I have ever seen it – thousands of people bustling around, standing in long lines, even running to catch flights, carrying bags…
Read MoreSynchronicity in Business
Become Curious, Become Inquisitive You’ve been thinking about a dear friend or colleague for the last 3 days. On the third evening, the phone rings. You answer; and the person calling is the very person who has been on your mind and heart. You walk into a bookstore to browse with no intention of…
Read MoreThe Great-ful Leader
Thanksgiving. An annual holiday in the United States, honoring the harvest festival celebrated by the Pilgrims in 1621; and a time when most of us consider all the things for which we are thankful.
Read MoreHow Inclusive is Your Organization?
I admit it. I was a big fan of the HBO hit television series, True Blood – especially the earlier seasons. Perhaps you were as well; or maybe you never watched even one episode. Either way, what True Blood represented for me was a story much deeper than its supernatural cast of vampires, werewolves, shape…
Read MoreLove: The Next Evolution in Leadership?
Is Love the Next Buzzword in Business? This the title of a recent article in Forbes. And according to Corey Michael Blake, the answer is that it should be; yet too many people are missing the boat. Having attended the recent Conscious Capitalism CEO Summit in Austin, Texas, Blake shares with us what it means…
Read MoreThe Starting Point of Everything
The Power of Intention This past weekend, I was chatting with my friend and business partner, Jacky Voncken. She was preparing a design block for a workshop she is delivering to the younger generation of a large organization in the Netherlands. Having viewed the Elements videos on Generon’s website, Jacky asked me, “Which 3-minute video…
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