A Difficult TaskTransforming team communication is a difficult task. Just look around your office and think about how many different thought processes, leadership approaches, and communication styles are represented. Most…
Assumptions.The silent underminers of influence. They take us to a dangerous precipice of misattribution and blinded action. On the surface, they seem solid and reliable. After all, the very definition…
A great question is better than a right answer to the wrong question.Questions are powerful.The good ones evoke exploration of a new perspective, the cementing of conviction, or the reconsideration…
Self-preservation occurs when you obsess about protecting the things you are afraid of losing.Your job. Your authority. Your salary. Your bonus. Your title.Your carefully curated image.The Source of Fear, Insecurity,…
Do you have wholehearted people in your life? Who do you know that is fully in or completely devoted to something? They’re the type of people who, as Thoreau once put…
Can you imagine a world where people are unintentional with their lives? A world where you don’t aspire to grow or learn or dream? Can you imagine living in a…
There's an old saying I'm sure you've heard:“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” It’s safe to say all-work Jack is rarely accused of being the “fun” friend…
Communication.One of those “soft science” buzzwords.You can hear it now, can’t you? The impassioned HR director energetically extolling the cure-all virtues of “open dialogue,” “honest communication,” and “high performing teams”…
It was an early morning, dark with a glint of frost in the air. John was quietly packing up his briefcase for another week's trek through the jungle maze of…
Have you ever heard someone, maybe even yourself, say this:“If they’re not for us, they’re against us?”Many leaders love to adopt the philosophy of “us vs. them” to help define…
