High Performance Management
Hack Your Team – How To Free Them Up To Achieve More
Today, the word “hack” is being used to communicate an entirely new message and meaning. The Urban Dictionary describes a…
How to Get the Most out of Your People
5 Areas for Focus on Organizational Alignment Years ago, I worked in construction. One project I remember was the remodel…
How to Hire the Right People
Two Ways To Find Them and Retain Them When leaders hire, place and retain the wrong people, time is lost,…
Four Ways Patience Makes You More Productive
It seems as if there are two kinds of people: Those who can’t get started, and those who can’t stop….
Turning Your Ship Around
7 Steps for Beginning a Change Process “This is a big ship. It takes a while to turn it around.”…
Attitude and Success
By some measures, I’ve been successful as a leader. I’ve started businesses, non-profits and schools in war-torn countries. I worked…
What Conflict Will Tell You If You Listen
Years ago, I got into an argument with someone I deeply respect and view as a mentor. Both of us…
Leadership Health
Years ago, when I was a new executive director, I met with two other senior leaders. I was dealing with…
Three Leadership Toxins
Leaders lead out of who they are. You are your greatest leadership tool. Because of this, it’s an obligation of…
Why Leadership Has Everything To Do With It
Fourteen years ago, I was working in Kosovo with the glamorous title of ‘Psychosocial Officer’. Due to the war and…