3 Strategies For Setting Healthy Personal Boundaries
It takes five times more character to say No to someone than it does to say Yes. We want to please the other person and in reality we don’t know at that moment what is really important from what is not. So we simply say yes, only later to regret the decision because we don’t […]
How To Connect Strategy To Sustainability Goals
It’s really amazing how long we have been talking about empowering people and yet we consistently miss the best ideas coming from the people on the front lines. In essence we talk a lot about knowledge workforce and yet we still walk like all the best ideas come from the top down. This HBR post […]
Change Your Leaders To Change Your Culture
I have spent a lot of time this year reading about the importance of organizational culture in the success of companies. There are many variables involved but the one constant is the attitude and core values of the leader. These leaders walk their talk and place a high priority on the environment where their people […]
6 Ways An Executive Coach Can Make You More Successful
When I hired my first executive coach, I was stuck and did not know what to do next. It was a time of personal transition and I had no clarity on which path to take. To have someone who could ask the right questions and was not living under the pressure of the moment was […]
The Importance Of Strategic Focus
When I started working with a new large client last year I was introduced to Michael Porter’s HBR work on strategy. I found his findings challenging to understand at first but later realized just how critical his principles are to every organization. To put it simply being a mile wide and an inch deep is […]