Welcome to the The Extraordinary Leadership Blog

Joe Contrera is the president and founder of ALIVE @ WORK ® LLC. He helps Extraordinary Leaders Achieve Extraordinary Results. Joe is the author of four books, his latest book, Extraordinary Results for Life: Discover Your Path to be UN-ordinary, is the follow companion to his previous title, Extraordinary Results!

If you’re looking to dramatically change your life, both at work and at home, this series is a must read for you or those you lead!

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The Thing About Growth...

The Thing About Growth…

“The mind is slow in unlearning what it has been long in learning.”  ~ Seneca “It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.” ~ Seneca   I have always believed that growth as a person, a leader, or a professional meant that I needed to learn, whether it…

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Forgiveness Do Elephants Forget

The Unlimiting Power of Forgiveness!

“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.”  ~ Lewis B. Smedes   There is a popular saying which states, “Forgive and forget.” While that sounds simple, it isn’t always easy! Sometimes, horrific things happen in life that are caused by the actions of others. These situations can…

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The Disconnection Between HR & the Business

Reconnecting HR and the Business

“Sometimes we are so damn determined to be heard, seen, liked, right, or to win a conversation that we fail to listen to each other. In doing so, we create chasms when what we really need is to create connections!”  ~Joe Contrera   For years, I have had the opportunity to observe both the pleasures…

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Are You…Your Greatest Asset?

“You are your greatest asset. Put your time, effort and money into training, grooming, and encouraging your greatest asset.” – Tom Hopkins Over the course of the last 25 years in the leadership development business, I have come to realize a few things about developing and educating employees, more specifically in the area of Leadership Development.…

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Leadership is a Privilege

“Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed.”   ~Mwai Kibaki   I am often asked about whether leaders are born or trained. I personally dislike the use of the word training when it comes to developing leaders. I believe we train animals…we educate leaders.…

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THE POWER OF ONE

Got T.A.G.S?

“You must look within for value, but must look beyond for perspective.”  ~ Denis Waitley   At times it can  be easy to forget the idea that it takes just one idea, one action, or One belief to transform the world. Whether that be the world-at-large or the much smaller world that you inhabit, especially…

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HOW TO F.A.C.E. CHANGE

How To F.A.C.E. Change

“In any given moment, we have two options: to step forward into growth or step back into safety.”  ~Abraham Maslow   Life constantly unfolds, and when it does, it provides an array of opportunities for us to F.A.C.E change. Change can take on a variety of faces, it may mean that we need to let…

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