Bad Crop… Good Crop
I am from a farming background and I grew up in the Cold War, so this one makes me smile when I hear it… and I have heard it from the first time I remember being on a farm. There is a humorous Communist story (if that is possible) that comes
Are You Keeping Your Team Engaged?
Investing in employee engagement is beneficial to a company’s productivity, work quality and work environment. A company’s high-performing employees are typically genuinely engaged, while low-performing employees are less committed. To increase employee engagement, I recommend three practices. First, ask yourself, “how well do I know my team?” Ask your employees questions
VUCA World
Who among us isn't concerned about the Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous (VUCA) world around us? Many leaders have heard of VUCA but haven’t given much thought to how the terms link together. Most aren’t aware how insidiously the fear of change is triggering their more reactive tendencies. What are some
Leaders Bring The Weather
James Geiger is famous for a quote: “Leaders bring the weather” Research indicates that what contributes mightily to energy, focus, and commitment in the midst of change is simply how people feel. Your greatest source of power as a leader to sustain energy, focus and commitment is your influence over the way
Leader Rounding
This is a term created by the Leadership Circle folks and it refers to checking in with your people. The idea is that just as doctors in the hospital go on rounds to check in on their patients, leaders need to go on rounds to check in with employees. They
Change Your Game
Awareness precedes choice and choice precedes change which then determines results. Thus, enhancing your awareness and ultimately your results, is essential to becoming a capable leader. It is how you start to effectively change your game. Become aware that when you commit to doing something, your “current” self is making a
Be Remarkabale
Plentitude is another word for abundance. It is abundance, not scarcity that is going to govern our new post industrial revolution. Copies
Your Inner Critic
We all cultivate a voice inside our heads that criticizes, chastises, and judges us and what we do, no matter what it is.
Why People Don’t Know the Real You
Do you ever feel like the people you work with don’t really get you? I know you have, because likely as not, they probably don’t. But the real question is: Why?
May the Force be With You
Someone asked me recently what I do. For the sake of simplicity, I said that I work with people so they can learn to focus on what’s important in their lives. I ask them questions, get them to think, get them to wrap their minds around the real stuff of life.