I asked a sample of leaders how often the teams they have either led or been a member of have fulfilled their potential. Their answers surprised me. They were pretty consistent, only about…
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I wonder how often you hear an apology as clear and simple as “We screwed up, how can we make it right?” From my experience not very often. A Learning Experience I had…
A big shift occurred at the end of 2011. In case you weren’t paying attention, 2012 marked the start of a lower rate of US productivity. The chart below shows the trend. You…
“Corporations are victims of the great training robbery”, say Harvard Business School’s Michael Beer and his colleagues in a recent impactful in HBR article. Indeed, I have often experienced this lack of skills…
For many clients, understanding their own stories is the source of most breakthroughs. We all carry limiting stories around with us every day. Once my clients understand them, they can assess how well the stories…
Last weekend I helped mentor about 80 Portland high school students during StartUp Camp 2017. Wow, what an experience! Some of the businesses developed during the two and a half days were very…
I read a thought provoking blog post recently from Alan Weiss. Alan talked about establishing cause and effect relationships in your business. Simply put do you know why you are getting the results…
I had the opportunity recently to reflect on how my work life is different now I am running my own business compared to working in a large corporation. The biggest difference is uncertainty. …
I left my corporate job six months ago to set up my own executive coaching and consulting business. In some respects, this is one of the bigger changes I have made in my…
Do most teams exhibit great teamwork? Before you answer, we should pause and consider a more important question, what is teamwork? Many people will say it is a group of people working together to get…