As I turned the corner, I heard him ask, “Was that experience better than ours?” Her response was delayed and vague. I could tell she didn’t want to hurt his feelings because she knew he was keeping score. The conversation…
It was late one night, and I was frustrated. My pile of “waiting to hear back” was growing. In an effort to move the ball forward, I decided I would take a different approach. I looked at each project and…
We've often heard, that the most important decisions you make as a leader are about your people. I agree. These are the decisions regarding hiring, promotion, development, feedback, compensation and incentives. It is our job as leaders to hire people and place them…
Finding the reality of someone’s leadership can be hard. It got easier for me once I learned how to think about it. You need to look in the shadow of the leader. Yes, the shadow. Think about it this way.…
Get comfortable with the “uncomfortable”. It will make you better. But it takes practice, understanding, intention and courage to really make it happen. Most people just don’t really want to do the work to make the world a better place. …
I think Rita Pierson, a life-long educator got it right... She said, kids don’t learn from teachers they don’t like. I think the same is true about leadership. People won’t follow leaders they don’t respect and they certainly won’t learn…
Imagine a scene where you are standing on the street corner, and you notice the car turning the corner doesn't have a driver. Or another, where you notice that every time you meet someone, they are riding with someone…
I live most of my life with pictures and so do you. Pictures help us tell our stories and they have since the cave man days. Now with the advent of digital photography and Facebook, our ability to make this…
Playing Volleyball is a tradition at the annual company picnic. It was something I brought back my first year as President, after previous leadership stopped it because they saw it as “just” a volleyball game. It was a huge win…