Don’t Change the World
Whether when musing about the news or choosing our next job/project, we can trip up thinking that we are here to change the world. We’re …
Alignment
Clear, complete, connected, commonly-understood and meaningful mission, goals, and next steps.
Why Your Strategy Goes Off the Rails and How to Fix It
Most of our time at work we focus on Do: getting done all the stuff that needs to be done. This is sometimes called Execution. …
Is Work a Drain?
If work is a drain, then we are not working in our SweetSpot. That is, we are not using our talents, not engaging our motivators, …
Dreams
We can run our processes, push our products, and tell people what we think they should be doing. Or, we can connect our dreams to …
Culture Is The Game
Until I came to IBM, I probably would have told you that culture was just one among several important elements in any organization’s makeup and …
Great Results
Great results occur when we finally see that our real work is to focus on what we want, feel good about what we want showing …
Fall in Love with Your Vision
So used to expecting things not to work out, we limit our vision of what think we or our businesses can achieve. Or, perhaps, we …
There Is No Law
There is no law that says we have to compete on price. Despite what people say and what we may fear, we do not need …
Too Many Long Hours is a Symptom
When we see an organization of good, caring people working hard, long hours, it’s often a symptom: there isn’t enough clarity. If we all aren’t …
The Purpose of Purpose
When we find then live by a clear, compelling, and commonly understood purpose, we are tapping a power that makes a few people more effective …