Fear and Love
At the base of everything we experience is fear and love. That’s it. That’s all. We are a bundled blend of these. We are heading …
How to Adopt a New Personal Organization System
Adopting a new system for organizing ourselves can be daunting. We can do it with ease, though, if we follow two principles, watch out for three …
Knowing When To Lead Differently
We nimble leaders have four ways to lead. We can conduct, coach, collaborate, or convene. We select a way to match the situation: We conduct in …
Struggling with Something? C’mon Back
Struggle means getting caught in a do-have loop. Whenever we are struggling with a problem, we are most assuredly doing things over and over in an …
Learning to Argue
Turns out that the best course of action is rarely the one we (first) thought of. To get the most out of them, we need …
Tell (Yourself) a Really Good Story
We humans love a good story. Want to bore someone to tears? Give them the facts. Want to engage and move someone? Tell them a …
Mighty You
There is a world within – a world of thought and feeling and power; of light and life and beauty and, although invisible, its forces …
Training is Not Enough
Training can help us grow ourselves and our organizations. It is great for creating a common understanding across people, introducing tools and approaches, and opening …
No Carrots. No Sticks.
Traditional notions of management are great if you want compliance. But if you want engagement, self-direction works better. – Dan Pink Despite all we’ve learned about …
What Do You Expect?
We can live life and lead others as if we are waiting for the other shoe to drop. Anticipating that something bad is bound to happen …