Imagine youâre a mountain climber. Your goal is to scale the worldâs top three peaks. Each will require great effort and sacrifice. However, you determine you only have enough energy to climb one. So you choose the most popular mountain. You make it to the top and experience the thrill of success. However, a deep […]
As tragic as they were, what lessons can the space shuttle Challenger and Columbia disasters teach us that we can apply in business? According to the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, NASA never fixed the underlying institutional problems that led to the 1986 Challenger tragedy. As a result, many of them played a role in Columbiaâs […]
Q:Â If itâs âlonely at the topâ how I can get support as I grow in my career? A: Develop a âHot Teamâ of people who advise, support and challenge. Before I sat down to write this column I had just finished a coaching session with a newly promoted mid-level manager. Julie started our conversation […]
In an average week I may interact with 10-20 clients in my role as an executive coach and strategic facilitator, and it seems that everyone has been experiencing the same thing; increasing levels of stress. Â One person I talked to last week admitted being addicted to stress; and then followed by saying âwhat am […]
To witness congress over the last several months, we might get the impression that negotiation is a passive aggressive slug match instead of an art form of elevated communication, or a series of compromises on the way to achieve a common goal. We might roll our eyes when see our elected officials play another game […]
Where do you go to get quality work done? If you’re like the people Jason Fried interviewed for his book âReworkâ your answer might be a coffee shop or a special room in the house, or while traveling on a train or a plane. You wouldn’t mention the workplace being a good place to get […]
Will Hope Help Us in 2010? The economy is supposedly slowing coming back. But weâre still facing high unemployment, record foreclosures and news of yet another unethical leader taking investorsâ money. As we head into 2010, weâre tentative in our optimism against a backdrop of fear. Yet, when it comes to making positive change, does […]
Speaking finance improves career opportunities After passing customs I walk into the main part of the Tianjin, China airport and enter a world of people speaking words I canât understand and signs I canât read. I must rely completely on my interpreters to help me make basic decisions. (Asking for advice on where to site-see, […]
The first question I was asked during my first day of college was âwhatâs your major?â I thought the purpose of college was to explore ideas not limit options. I was given a college advisor who got the unenviable assignment of dealing with us misfits he labeled âundecidedâ. The pressure to specialize extends into business […]
The first question I was asked during my first day of college was âwhatâs your major?â I thought the purpose of college was to explore ideas not limit options. I was given a college advisor who got the unenviable assignment of dealing with us misfits he labeled âundecidedâ. The pressure to specialize extends into business […]