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.
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 […]
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 5, 2020January 14, 2021Grows, Leading What You’re Like “Man will be better when you show him what he is like.” – Chekhov. How to improve your leadership and your team’s.
March 24, 2020May 31, 2021Grows, Leading Spread This Instead There is nothing about our current situation that we cannot handle. We only waste our energy if we worry, try to not […]
March 9, 2020Leading Light Up At times like this, it’s good to remember: one of us shining a light helps hundreds, thousands, or millions to step away […]
February 10, 2020February 10, 2020Grows Impostor Syndrome? Generally, we’ve come to believe that there’s a right path, pattern, or process for success. Nope. There may be some helpful principles […]
October 5, 2018Leading Generate Results in Meetings We might push, posture, protect, or prattle to get results in a meeting. Or we can let go, listen, learn, and lean […]
October 4, 2018Leading Others’ Behavior We spend way too much time and energy trying to get others to behave so that we feel better. Far better is […]
October 2, 2018Leading Pump Destructive leadership rations energy. Productive leadership pumps energy into everyone freely. To share so much, we first have to find and tap […]