Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway was challenged by some friends to write a story in six words. He responded to the challenge with the following story: For sale: baby shoes, never worn. Hemingway has inspired the Six-Word Lesson series of books.

These brief and highly condensed best practices are for busy leaders and managers who just want the essence of the ideas now.....and maybe more information later.

"Six-Word Lessons to Build Effective Leaders: 100 Lessons to Equip Your People to Create Winning Organizations" is part of this book series published by Pacelli Publishing.

These lessons come from my lifetime of experiences in business, public office and nonprofits. I have served in many roles of leadership and management and learned from many different sources including the school of hard knocks, great mentors and coaches, my competitors, informative books, case studies and travels abroad. Each lesson also links to other related best practices and resources for more depth and detail.


Hire and Retain the Best People

Motivate Employees with Mission and Purpose

Power Your Organization with Effective Communications

Bake Trust into Your Organizational DNA

Empower Everyone in the Organization

Teach the Art of Effective Delegation

Mentor, Train and Coach Your Team

Build Winning Teams at All Levels

Create a Powerful Culture of Change

Focus Leaders on Effectiveness not Efficiency

'*Startups demand leaders with extra skills