Thought Leaders

Working in a LEARNING organization is an enriching experience........by design. Organizations built for, around, and about LEARNING necessarily call for both individual and collective learning, as well as cross pollination of that learning. No one works in a silo. The...

The tendency of many well-performing organizations, and people, is to hunker and protect. Why mess with a good thing? they say. Why shake up what's working? they think. Because nothing is stagnant. More specifically, contexts are ever changing, at a higher speed now...

"If we can't model it, we can't demand it."  That is one of my most strongly held beliefs about leadership. Perhaps it should be my next tattoo. What should we model? Caring. Humility. Voracious learning. World class listening. Conversations galore, up and down the...

Yes, that's a redundant title. The manifestation of arrogance and/or hubris from those pretending to be our leaders is just as annoying as.... the use of redundant words, back-to-back, in the same sentence/title.  Annoying, and devaluing, and destructive. *If you'd...

Organizations tend to fall somewhere along the continuum shown below... FLAT   <<<   --------------------------------   >>>   HIERARCHICAL The further to the right an organization drifts, the following attributes seem to take a firmer hold: Decision...

The wisest and most admirable people I know are masters of thankfulness. Somehow, they build a habit and nurture a heart of GRATITUDE into their living, each and every day. What makes these folks so GREAT in my mind? They relentlessly ... Express their thankfulness...

Each day is made up of 1,440 minutes. Most of us sleep for about 420 of those minutes (give or take). That leaves somewhere in the ballpark of 1,000 waking minutes available to us each day. How we use each of those minutes matters. Matters regarding... How we choose...

In a fluid and dynamic world (regardless of our professional place in it), innovation and adaptability are key to survival and success. How do we do that? Be crystal clear about direction and intentions. Build deployment flexibility into the pursuit of that direction...

Each of us is associated with multiple groups (I'm intentionally choosing NOT to use the word "organization"): Families, houses of faith, HOAs, country clubs, workplaces, professional associations, etc. Each of those groups has a unique and dynamic culture. We are...

Some folks are just painful to be around. When they're the boss, their ability to induce pain for/in the rest of us is amplified. As always, anti-example is just as instructive for us as the study of exemplars. So, here goes. Some archetypes of pain-inducing leaders:...