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Visioning Makes Us Happy!
Cookbooks and food magazines have figured it out! They feature gorgeous photos as a vision, leading us to believe we can re-create the dish or dessert just like the picture. If it were a text-only recipe, we probably wouldn’t be interested – behold the power of visual...
What is Resiliency?
Dr. Edith Eva Eger was only 16 years old when she was thrown into an Auschwitz concentration camp. Her Mother was instantly separated from her and sent to her death. Dr. Eger quotes her Mother when discussing how she survived the hell she suffered. “No one can take...
People Strategy: What difference has 2020 made on how we work and lead
No one has a crystal ball to know what the impact of Covid will have on how we work. Short term, we all hope to have some predictable level of new normal in mid-2020. Long term, I think we have learned a number of things to begin adjusting our leadership methods and...
Strategy is Like Winning a Race Over and Over (not just once!)
The question I am asked all the time is… “What is Strategy?” With so many definitions out there, it is very confusing. In his best-seller, How will you Measure your Life?, written by one of my favorite professors, Clayton Christensen, strategy is described as, “At the...
TO ALL LEADERS: YOU ARE NOT ALONE
Hello friends, Hope you're doing well in spite of this roller coaster year. For me, some days are better than others. On Sunday, I was brought to tears hearing a beautiful version of “You are not Alone.” What prompted my waterworks? I realized how “lonely” we can all...
A Good Strategy Starts With Feedback!
If there's one thing we need to be successful in life, it's feedback - a powerful, FREE tool in our management arsenal - yet it is SO underutilized. Why is this an issue? And, when feedback is given, why is it often given poorly? According to a recent Gallup poll,...
What truly is the working definition of great feedback?
Feedback Is Feedback really a gift? Is Feedback really our Friend? What truly is the working definition of great feedback? Let’s start with this: Psychological Safety is the cornerstone of Feedback. All feedback is only as good as your ability to filter it, then grow...
Look Up More Often! Strategy needs to be dynamic and adaptable right now.
Remember when you spent time reviewing your strategy quarterly? Well, you need to do that more often! I suggest dedicating at least 2 hours each month to reflect on the changes happening around you. If you’re not doing it… well, that’s going to be a problem. There is...
What We Need Now
There has been so much going on in the world this year I actually forgot it was 2020. 2020, the year that we all planned for in 2000 and 2010. Vision 2020!! How many of us had aspirational goals for 2020? The world was going to be all robotic. Our businesses were...
Companies that Care, Win!
I just read a great article, A lesson in creating successful companies that care . The Pandemic helped to uncover this, but we really already knew this! In my experience, companies with leaders who care create cultures of empowered teams, and when combined with...