Team Health & Conflict Resolution
What Do I Do with a Toxic Employee?
An executive was speaking with me over the phone, “I have someone on my team who is creating problems.” “What’s…
Three Step Process for Resolving Organizational Aches and Pains
Summary: Effective leaders know how to interpret problems accurately. The point of pain is rarely the source. A Fortune…
How to Quickly Turn Around a Struggling Team
Once I spent a weekend, with a few friends, on a sailboat. We were sailing in a large bay visiting…
The Absolute Best Way To Build Your Leaders and Team
Early in my career, I worked with an organization that was struggling with infighting on a team. After working with…
The Secret Recipe for Building an Amazing Team
Have you ever been part of an amazing team? The kind of team where you really were better together? It…
The One Skill Every Leader Needs to Master
A story goes that at one time, the Phrygian people had no ruler. An oracle prophesied that the next man…
Would You Rather..?
I recently heard a question: Would you rather be part of a high-performing group or a group of high performers?…
How Does Culture Improve Performance?
A company wanted to develop a new culture. There wasn’t really anything wrong with the company. But, there also wasn’t…
When Winning is Losing: How to Avoid Losing it All Along the Way
“The armies separated; and, it is said, Pyrrhus replied to one that gave him joy of his victory that one other…
Stop It! The Four Ways Leaders Work Against Their Own Success
My interest in working with leaders and teams developed in the Middle East. In 1996, I was 21 and helping…