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.
December 27, 2022December 30, 2022Leading We are the Antidote There are all sorts of reasons to be pessimistic about our world. And the problems are real: economic turmoil, competition, rising costs […]
August 8, 2022August 8, 2022Leading When in Doubt, Zoom Out Every problem is solvable. And we can be the solution-finding leaders our companies (and world) need. But we don’t believe this. So, zoom out, dear leader.
May 3, 2022May 3, 2022Leading, Strategy Gruesome They say that execution eats strategy for breakfast. But emotional intelligence devours execution while it sleeps. Ew. But hmm.
March 14, 2022March 14, 2022Leading, Strategy, Well Choose Wisely, Leader Everywhere we look, there are tumultuous events on the surface and a calmer, wiser, stronger force sitting quietly behind the hoopla. We […]
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 […]
February 4, 2022February 7, 2022Do, Leading Pause. Breathe. Look. Leap. In our drive to get things done, we often leap into action. But best practices would say, “Pause. Breathe. Look. Leap.” Do […]
December 7, 2021December 7, 2021Leading, Strategy, Systems Choosing to Relieve Your Company’s Growth Pains Growth hurts. We don’t like the complexity. Our company used to be simpler but now has more people and more moving parts. […]
October 27, 2021October 28, 2021Do, Leading, Strategy, Success How to Finish the Year Well How to have a really successful year end? Spoiler: do less, not more.
June 21, 2021June 21, 2021Leading, Strategy, What Why Direction, Goals, and Objectives Can Fail Our number one priority as leaders is setting direction, goals, and objectives. Why do we only sometimes achieve them? Three reasons: We […]