About two years ago, while reading Jennifer Garvey Berger’s Simple Habits for Complex Times, I was introduced to the distinction between complex and complicated. This distinction, more than anything I had previously learned, helped me to understand why we often get stuck and frustrated by the challenges we face. What was most liberating for me […]
Aug 2018
Innovation is a juggling act for most leaders, as they have to balance operational excellence with responding to mandates to explore new territory.
Jul 2018
I have observed that for some managers, Employee Appreciation Day is the beginning, middle, and end of their employee appreciation strategy.
Jul 2018
Of course, without first noticing, change is very difficult, if not impossible. Noticing is a prerequisite to growth and learning.
Jun 2018
If employees believe they are no more than a number to the organization, then they treat the organization primarily as a means to an income.
May 2018
Let go of the idea of leader as hero, and model the kind of behavior you want to see from your team—you’ll all be happier, healthier, and more productive.
May 2018
Curiosity is both an attribute of high-performing teams and a personal habit. We are born with it—and we need to cultivate it.
Apr 2018
If you were to engage in one intentional act every work day for a whole year, you would have repeated that one thing 250 times.
Apr 2018
Why are so many of us not getting enough sleep? And why do we not only ignore sleep as a health issue but often reward exhaustion?
Mar 2018
