March 2, 2023March 2, 2023Grows, Leading The Fear (and Joy) of Starting with the Problem Sometimes we have a visceral reaction against starting with a problem. But there is great joy in problems when we look at them in a better way.
February 7, 2022February 7, 2022Career, Grows, Leading, Success, Sweetspot, Well Stop Trying to Measure Up Most of us struggle to measure up. It can be subtle but not hard to see when we look. We want to […]
June 18, 2021June 18, 2021Grows, Leading, Well 3 Reactions to Growth We are entering what could be one of the largest spikes in economic growth we’ve seen in a generation or two. Pent […]
February 8, 2021February 8, 2021Grows, Leading Stuck in Fear Gear It’s easy to see people–in your clan, company, community, and country–stuck in fear gear. Your first job here, good leader, is to […]
January 14, 2021January 14, 2021Grows, Leading Outfeel Show me a company (or family, town, or country) in trouble and I’ll show you a company whose leaders failed to heed […]
October 5, 2020January 14, 2021Grows, Leading What You’re Like “Man will be better when you show him what he is like.” – Chekhov. How to improve your leadership and your team’s.
May 19, 2020February 11, 2021Grows, Leading Great Organization and Wonderful Life? Building a great organization–one that is sustained, meaningful, rewarding, and valuable–doesn’t necessarily mean building a large organization. Living a wonderful life–one filled […]
May 9, 2020February 11, 2021Grows, Hiring, Leading, We Go Beyond (Hiring) The Stars If our strategy is to hire only stars, it will be expensive and we will have a tough time finding people. We […]
May 5, 2020May 5, 2020Grows, We Without Much Effort Without much effort, we can tune to an endless stream of opinion that things are bad–getting worse–and we’re all on the brink […]
April 20, 2020February 11, 2021Grows, Leading, Success, We Gatekeeping Most gatekeepers–those who would keep us out–are powerless. In the short term they throw up obstacles. But in the long term they’ve […]