How Was Next Year?
Happy New Year! Watch the video here! Take a minute and imagine that you were an Olympic diver. As preparation for the world championships, part of your training includes regularly visualize that winning dive. In your mind’s eye, you see and feel yourself walking up the steps to the board, taking the steps to the […]
First-Time Leadership Fear-Video
We have a strange system in Western business. As soon as you become great at doing something — whether sales, engineering, manufacturing, or making widgets — we immediately put you in charge of other people doing that. It’s as though the mere process of having mastered one skill, any skill, has equipped you to be […]
Emotional Safety for Innovation Success
Having the emotional safety to fail is fundamental to fostering creativity and innovation.
Humble Pie for Leaders. Delicious!
Stop Being So Cocky. Leaders Need Humility! We are all familiar with image of the decisive, bossy and “cocky” leader. It’s an iconic idea that’s so ingrained, that admitting to being wrong or uncertain is a bit taboo. Even sports teams seem to rely on “star power” to make the baskets, hit goals and win […]
Which You Is the Real You?
How authentic are you? By some peoples’ standards, if you simply speak every thought you have, however petty, mean or hurtful, you are being authentic. But for most of us, that version of “authenticity” seems a lot like being immature and irresponsible. Of course, if everything you say sounds as though it was scripted by […]