Leadership Teams that Work
Show me an organization that is suffering and I’ll show you an organization with a broken leadership team. Show me an organization that consistently thrives …
Leading
Tips and Insights about influencing people toward shared goals.
How to Make Feedback Easier
How well are you serving your company, team, clients, and boss? It is critically important to know how you are doing. And often difficult to …
When You Blame You Are Lost
The moment you blame someone or something else for the problem, you are lost. Blame is abdication and distraction. Blame is an attempt to distance …
Debugging Delegation
There are four reasons people fail to delegate when they should. They Fear doing it incorrectly. “I don’t know what to delegate or how to …
Convince Anyone
Want to convince someone to do something that–so far–they have not done? You can. Just show the other person how your idea is an absolute …
Leading Without All The Effort
Last night, my wife hosted a small meeting at our house. The group was gathered to plan an important, impactful event. My role was logistics: …
What’s In The Way?
You can remove obstacles to success once you see them. This simple diagnostic will uncover most every obstacle. It works for both you and your …
Double-Dog Dare You NOT to Fight, Complain, Criticize
Do not fight, criticize, or complain about anyone or anything. Doing so has a very odd way of cementing into your business, career, and life …
Slow Down to Speed Up
We need to influence other people’s actions every day. To do so, we usually try what I call “going faster to speed up.” We tell, …
Why Organizations Fail – Another Symptom
In the previous post, I said that organizations often fail because they are focused on the wrong things. Symptoms include people arguing over how something …