Cause Their Performance To Soar
Communicating our belief in others’ ability to accomplish something–even if it’s difficult, even if they’ve never done it before–is an essential leadership talent. Such a vote of …
A Map to Better Business
Pretend we’ve landed in a new city and we want to get from our hotel, through the city, and to a great restaurant we’ve heard …
Diagnosing Business Trouble with Four Simple Questions
We can diagnose whatever ails any organization by asking four questions. To what extent does everyone (in or close to the organization) know and understand …
Believing Is Seeing
Notice that Our pasts do not define our futures. Unless we let them. There is nothing we cannot be, do, or have. Unless we believe otherwise. …
How to Lead When Things Go Wrong
When things go wrong (and when they keep going wrong), our temptation is to judge the people involved as underperforming nogoodniks. (We occasionally will use …
Our Every Morning Story
“Psst. “See that pile of tasks over there? Yeah. And the other pile behind that one? And all the tasks you’ve got in your inbox …
Expect Big Picture End Results
Yes, expect more. But what we expect matters. If we expect specifics–especially what a specific person or situation could or should give us–we will have …
Expect More
We all always get the level of success we expect. Want more? Expect more. In your corner, Mike PS: Rien de plus simple, oui? …
Dissolving The Four Big Offenses
Criticism, obstacles, rejection, and uncertainty are the four big offenses. We usually defend against one or more of these all the time. But this constant …
Mastery
Like a great wine, our talents are wonderful to start and keep getting better. When we are younger, our talents are present, useful, and unpolished. …