My daughter graduated from college in May and she is struggling to apply what she learned. It reminds me …
In the 1980s an antiperspirant company coined the catchy tagline “Never let them see you sweat.” …
The meeting would have gone swimmingly if not for that one nagging question. My client asked for the umpteenth time if I’d done a critical task for our collaborative project… and I felt myself become rigid inside. As my body …
I was prepping for a teleconference with the Wisdom Works leadership team this morning. In this case, “prepping” was not a legal-pad to-do list or an agenda on my computer screen, but rather a few quiet moments to look out …
My own study subject, Trek the puppy, exemplifying full engagement in the matter at hand.
I just listened to a webinar of late-breaking research about employee engagement and I’m stunned. The bombshell? According to the Human Performance Institute, no less …
My last blog focused on the “burning platform” impetus for change. For some readers, it seemed to touch a nerve. The email, hallway, and taxi-cab conversations I’ve had with executives about the entry ranged from “I’m not convinced change …
The term “burning platform” has popped up for the fifth time this week (feels like the tenth) in my conversations with senior executives. The concept has been around since my days (don’t ask how long ago) leading the change management …
MBA students have pinker hair and more facial piercings than they did a few years ago. To be sure, there are buttoned-up, power-tie types here as well, along with plenty of students dressed somewhere in-between. I’m standing before a sea …
In organizational leadership, the term ‘swirl’ usually refers to the point when a conversation devolves into a gyration of egos and bad behaviors, derailing any progress leaders might have hoped to make. From Caracas to Krakow, I’ve seen it in …
