Are you leading a unified collective?
Are you leading a unified collective? One of your key responsibilities as a leader is to unify a collective. It could be a small team or group of [...]
Why don’t they get that it matters?
You see what could be, and what a difference that would make. And if you could, you would change it all by yourself. Right now. But you can’t. [...]
What Is Meaningful Worth To You?
Someone I greatly respect cautioned me recently not to use the terms “meaningful” or “purposeful”. “Business leaders won’t get it,” he warned. “They’ll think it’s flaky.” I don’t [...]
What’s Your Meaningful Change?
“For the times, they are a-changin’”. Bob Dylan’s words have never been more true, certainly in my lifetime. Change abounds these days. Sometimes it feels like a tidal [...]
Where Is The Joy In Your Day?
When your days are overloaded with the responsibilities of your role, it’s easy to rationalize that you’re so busy doing that you have no time for anything else. [...]
Are you big enough?
In working with leaders over this past many years, some at the very pinnacle of their organizations, I’ve observed a particular phenomenon: There can be little correlation between [...]
Prompted to Be More
Many years ago, I was standing outside the Stanley Park Tea House in Vancouver debating with a friend whether we should head into brunch or continue our walk [...]
Where do you go from here?
Eighteen months ago, I asked an executive client what keeps him up at night. “Disruption,” he said emphatically. And then, without a second’s pause, he added, “The need [...]
Horrendous Came Bearing Gifts
A dear friend sent me a beautiful card recently in which she wished me well “especially after the horrendous year you’ve had.” Horrendous? “What does she mean?”, I [...]
