Our mindset, not our failures, holds us back. Failure may not be an option, but it is inevitable. And it is not meant to stop us from moving forward. Too often, a failure does just that, and we quit trying. Depending on how we respond to failure, we may never come close to achieving our […]
Why connection, love and meaning are taking on greater importance OUR RECIPE FOR SUCCESS prior to Covid-19 was based on many things â planning, leadership, expense-control, employee engagement â but the main ingredient was effort. Ask any parent, teacher or rock star entrepreneur and youâd hear âhard workâ to explain the mystery behind a successful […]
Make culture-work a part of how you run operations LEADERS HAVE HEARD THAT culture eats strategy for lunch â so we seem to agree itâs important â but do we have a clear definition of culture and more importantly, a process to improve it? Too often I hear people say; âOnce we get the business […]
Change the narrative around service and engagement NARCISSISM IS NOT JUST a type of person, but it can become a part of a companyâs culture. This focus on self at the expense of others is encouraged by fear over onesâ wellbeing, companies that measure and reward individual instead of team results, a new generation of […]
A Guide to Taking Charge of Our Lives THE SPEED OF CHANGE offers up many challenges and opportunities. We live in an ADD world. With literally billions of bits of information bombarding us every day the new currency is attention and the new survival mechanism is to ignore. In order to survive this cacophony of […]
Put structure back into your life. HOW DO YOU GET WORK done without depleting your energy, spirit and creativity? 1. Remove roadblocks. 2. Increase energy. 3. Focus actions. Remove distractions: Cancel all unnecessary meetings. Those that are necessary, use them to make key decisions not just exchange information. Clear the decks of things youâre avoiding: […]
Having a balanced life needs as much importance as being productive. IN ORDER TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE in the 21st century we need to be more aware of the effects of stress on people and how to reverse it. According to an article by Dr. Kevin Flemming, more that 60% of work absences last year […]
The Coronavirus has created a world-wide, existential re-set.  We did not seek transformation, it found us, in the form of a tiny virus.   Like an unexpected phone call the impetus for transformation just appeared.  Joseph Campbell in his work on The Heroâs Journey identified patterns in how people and societies transform, that show up in our myths and […]
The ups and downs of an employment market and the surges and retreats of technology operate under a paradigm that problems are solved and decisions are made based on rational, data-based intellectual prowess. On the other side of the scale, weâve grown our emotional intelligence.  But, we still put a disproportionate value on how intellectually […]
In a recent post I mentioned most mergers and acquisitions donât succeed because of a clash of cultures. According to a KPMG study, â83% of all mergers and acquisitions failed to produce any benefit for their shareholders and over half actually destroyed valueâ. I think the reason is pretty obvious: We get focused on the […]