Go for the Understanding
From the “you have to slow down to speed up” department comes this reminder: seek, first, to understand the other person’s perspective. Want to get …
Thriving
Your and your company’s capacity to scale, deliver, and enjoy sustainably.
5 Easy Pieces of Career or Corporate Strategy
Strategy exercises–whether for your career or your organization–often fail because they are incomplete. They scratch the itch we all get to have our daily work …
Perspective is everything
How you look at anything–anything–matters. The instant you shift your perspective on any issue, the issue changes and the resolution becomes clear. You know this, …
What if you decided what success is?
If you look at it–really look at it–success for your life, career, or organization has to be what you say it is. Others do influence …
Unstick Your Strategy with an Often Ignored Type of Thinking
When getting the right strategy for you or your organization is proving difficult, it may be down to an odd way we all tend to …
Why selecting a niche is so dang hard and what you really need to do
A friend recently asked, “When you were starting did you have any difficulty pinpointing your niche?” Here’s how I answered: Selecting a niche is difficult. …
It’s not a communication problem
“We have a communications problem.” In working with people and their organizations, I often hear statements like that one. Truth is that it’s almost never …
Believe anything
Here’s a thought that can really help when you want results in business and life that have been thus far elusive: You have the absolutely …
Take good care of your ego
Many good teachers, friends, and colleagues make the mistake of attacking the ego. They see it as a low, bad part of each of us. …
The Long View
“When you’re going through hell, keep going.” -Winston Churchill That Which Was is big. That Which Was is no longer acceptable. That Which Is Coming …