Church Scattered: Leadership Demands Courage
A legend from India tells about a mouse who was terrified of cats until a magician agreed to transform him into a cat. That resolved his fear until he met a dog, so the magician changed him into a dog. The mouse-turned-cat-turned-dog was content until he met a tiger—so , once again, the magician changed […]
The Nine Surprising Secrets Of Elite Teams
In my role of executive coaching I get to work with a lot of leadership teams. In my experience about 20% of the teams I see are excellent. The other 80% are average at best and many on the other extreme of being consistently marginal. I will acknowledge that some of the team members I […]
Three Steps To Fix A Broken Culture
Organizational culture is near the top of every major companies list of priorities. It is a combination of how your people and process work together to produce the maximum productivity. If it is healthy, great things routinely happen but if is toxic you are on a fast track to the bottom. This Forbes post is […]
How To Lose Your Best Employees
I am absolutely convinced that securing the best people possible for your organization and then providing a culture that invests and retains them is your ultimate competitive advantage. Every A player comes into their roles as a change agent. If for whatever reason the culture is not open to change, eventually they will leave because […]
6 Ways To Regain Control Of Your Schedule
There is not a day that goes by that at least 20% of my time is spent dealing with new inputs or changing priorities. It has forced me to be almost brutal about blocking time and at the same time leaving open spots for the unknown. If I wire it up too tight it only […]