The Leadership Brief – Week 11: Discipline: Why Habits Beat Inspiration

By pat alacqua

Discipline: Why Habits Beat Inspiration Motivation gets you moving. Discipline keeps you moving. Every leader has days when energy runs low, pressure runs high, and the work feels heavy. Those are the days that separate…
The Leadership Brief – Week 9: Connection: The Currency of Leadership

By pat alacqua

As companies grow, leaders spend more time talking to people but often feel less connected to them. The rhythm of meetings, dashboards, and updates creates communication, but not connection. That subtle drift weakens teams,…
One Word Leadership Brief - Message: The Discipline of Clear Communication

By pat alacqua

When pressure rises, communication tends to expand, not improve. People start explaining more, repeating more, and assuming they’re being clear because they’re being loud. Effective leadership communication…
One Word Leadership Brief - Foresight: Seeing Before It’s Obvious

By pat alacqua

You can’t predict the future, but you can stop being surprised by it. Most leaders don’t fail because of what they didn’t see coming. They fail because they ignored the early signs. Foresight isn’t about…
One Word Leadership Brief - Ownership: The Leadership Multiplier

By pat alacqua

Ownership is more than responsibility. It's a personal investment in the outcome. It's when leaders take it personally, without making it personal. It shows up in the subtle difference between "That's my job" and "That's my problem…
One Word Leadership Brief - Reliability: Your Leadership Credit Score

By pat alacqua

Reliability is often the least glamorous leadership trait, yet it is one of the most powerful. It's not about dazzling ideas or heroic effort. It's about being the person others can count on, especially when no one's watching.…
One Word Leadership Brief - Focus: Holding the Line

By Pat Alacqua

Leaders don't lose focus because they forget what matters. They lose it because noise sneaks in and pulls their attention everywhere at once. Focus isn't remembering your priorities. Focus is holding the line when everything else demands you…
One Word Leadership Brief - Consistency: Under Pressure

By pat alacqua

Most people think integrity is about honesty. For leaders, it goes further. True integrity is consistency under pressure. It's easy to sound steady when things are calm. It's in the storm that your team finds out who you really are. Do…
Leadership Brief - Clarity: Cutting Through The Noise

By pat alacqua

Most people think clarity means certainty. They assume a leader's job is to have every answer, solve every unknown, and make every path obvious. Clarity is not about knowing it all. It's about cutting through noise so people can see what…
One Word Leadership Brief - Resilience: The Speed of Recovery

By Pat Alacqua

Resilience is one of those words people think they understand. Most define it as toughness. Taking the hit and pushing through. But toughness is static. Resilience is dynamic. For leaders, resilience isn’t about gritting your…
Rooted in Values, Ready for Change: Navigating Career Transitions

By Nico Herbst: Deputy Venue Manager at Euro 2024 GMBH

Did you ever catch yourself daydreaming about a completely different path, something that feels exciting? Maybe even a little out of reach? And then, immediately shutting…
Leveraging Storytelling in Sports Communications

By Kelly ross, Manager, Employer Brand Strategy & Communications at pittsburgh pirates

At the Pittsburgh Pirates, my role contributes toward building a championship-caliber team by developing communications that educate, enhance, and recognize the organization’s…