If you’ve watched my videos for long, you know that I like to make some “unusual” connections to leadership. And if you haven’t watched before, well, I imagine the title gave it away for you. In this video, I’m sharing a quick history lesson on General Mills, particularly how the invention of their Betty Crocker

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Hiring is one of the most important roles of a leader. Putting the right people on the team is a foundational component of our success; after all, people who aren’t the perfect fit will lead to teams and individuals who may struggle mightily and never reach their potential. When we put the right people in

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If you are a sports fan, there is always lots of talk about the importance of offense and defense in the making of winning teams. Yet in organizational success, we much less frequently talk about offense and defense. Until now. Think about it this way. Leading defensively is focusing on the problems that inevitably arise

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In my podcast, I play a game with my guests. While I will prepare them in advance for the conversation, giving them typical questions or topics that we’ll discuss, I also play on their spontaneity, giving them one word and asking them to tell me what comes to mind immediately. I believe there is a

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Per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Millennials will be the largest generation in the workforce by the end of 2015. They bring a different bias and experience to the workplace and new ideas to relationships. Dan Negroni, founder of Launchbox and author of Chasing Relevance, discusses how to relate with our colleagues and bridge that

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We host workshops and training sessions across the country and all throughout the year and we often get this question: How can I consistently apply what I learned here in the workshop back in my job and the real world? In today’s video, I’m giving you six things to help you do just that –

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This is a big topic for a short article. While I’m not going to give you the encyclopedic solution to the challenge of getting more of the right work done on projects more effectively and getting projects completed on time, I am going to share of few insights that I and my team have been

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By Maura Thomas In 2015 I ran across a book called Personal Productivity Secrets. (Here is my recommendation.) I was so impressed by this book that I wanted to meet the author, so I reached out to her and that began an intermittent, but ongoing conversation with her about productivity and more. In Maura, I

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Great work has both impact and meaning, per Michael Bungay Stanier. Michael is the author of The Coaching Habit and Do More Great Work. He is also the founder and Senior Partner of Box of Crayons, a company that helps organizations all over the world do less Good Work and more Great Work. Michael and

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An evangelist. A zealot. And I don’t know your beliefs, but chances are you have a strong reaction to these words in one way or another. Because while the purpose isn’t questioned and the intentions aren’t out of line, the approach, in many cases, gets in the way of the goal. But today I’m looking

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