I received some wonderful emails in response to last week's post, You Are The Culture. One in particular was a long and thoughtful note which included these words. "Perhaps the second best quality (after creating the right culture I assume) for a leader is NEVER react under pressure. Situations are...
Watching the antics of so many in positions of leadership it's clear that they don't understand everyone is watching...and takes their lead from what they see. What they see is what they do, believing it to be an example of the company culture. After all, if the leaders act...
For the last several months I've been involved in a worldwide innovation project for a global corporation. Innovation as in thinking about how to come up with new ideas and ways for improving the variety of things a global company does from coming up with new products or services to...
We are bombarded by those claiming that positive thinking is the path to success. Those with the alternative view, that negative thinking or at least thinking about worst case scenarios as realistic outcomes tend to be much less visible. And yet, there is much research showing that spending more...
I sat down this morning to write today's post and found my mind in chaos. Not blank as I found my mind some months ago when I realized I had nothing to say so wrote the brief post Nothing To Say, but chaos as in filled with things bouncing around and crashing off each...
Too many people are carriers of a dread disease. MEGO. They carry this disease completely unknowingly and yet often shower it's symptoms on others. MEGO leads to misunderstandings that often have horrific consequences and yet rarely will anyone tell the carrier they suffer from it.
MEGO: My Eyes Glaze Over
The carriers are unable...
Which are you, Taker or Giver? One who puts your own interests first or one who contributes more than you receive? We've all heard "give and you shall receive." Some take it literally and live it, while others think it's only for losers and easy marks.
It turns out that...
On a recent trip to Paris I managed to catch up on some reading, one of the few good things about long spells in airplanes. While reading the excellent new book Headtrash by Tish Squillaro and Timothy I. Thomas, I ran across an old saying being quoted by Peter...