Of late, I’ve been in a state of reflection. In order to do that, I’ve had to slow down a bit. And breathe. And listen. The challenge with reflection is there is always such noise going on in our heads – and in the myriad devices at our fingertips – that often the higher…
Gary Hamel, speaking at a big customer conference where we both were presenting said, “In a time of accelerating change we are getting stupider by the moment.” I’ve never forgotten it because I agree. If you’re not getting better you cease being good. I recently attended the WorkHuman conference in AZ. It was my second year…
Most people on my mailing list have heard me speak. So it’s likely you’ve heard me talk about my genuine distaste for the phrase “No Problem” (and its brother “No Worries.”) I tell the story of young man who answered my request for a late checkout time with the word “No” and how my stomach…
As last year ended and this one began, I put myself in a process of reflection. Reflection is one of the great leadership habits. The challenge with reflection is there is always such noise going on in our heads that often the higher wisdom we seek can’t be heard because there are other voices that…
Steve Jobs taught us much about destiny, design and why connect the dots. (“You can’t connect the dots moving forward, you can only connect them looking backward.”) I remember reading the commencement speech he made in 2005 at Stamford and went back to read again what he said, describing his own life and his…
10 Years ago at this time I was in shock. I was in Miami, and had just finished a very successful early morning (7AM) workshop with a banking client and was headed up to the CEOs office for a debrief and discussion of the series of workshops we had created to get people excited about…
I was out to dinner with friends tonight and shared a story about my Mom. Mom’s 90 years old and doesn’t look or act a day over 75. She’s an amazing woman and I’m always proud to say I’m one of her kids. Last Saturday night Mom and several other widows attended a party…
I love Peter Drucker, always have, always will. I started learning Druckerisms early in my career since he was a favorite consultant of my former boss, Gerry Leeds. http://leeds.colorado.edu/About_Leeds/interior.aspx?id=238 Drucker believed that every three years every company had to take a look at their “Theory of Business.” That theory is made up of the…
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