Are you challenged by people in your organization hoarding information, pushing their ideas through and making everyone else wrong? Do you have individuals on your team who have to win at all costs and... View More
Are you sick and tired of listening to excuses, stories and explanations when tasks are not fulfilled on time? Do you constantly listen to complaints, whining and negative comments? Does your staff exhibit... View More
Seventy-one percent of your employees are not engaged in their work. They are simply showing up and putting in the minimum effort to get by and not get fired. A 2010 survey by Towers Perrin of 90,000 employees... View More
How do leaders change their corporate culture? Like the old joke about eating an elephant, the answer is one bite at a time. The book, Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving... View More
There are many courses and books on management, but what is leadership and what makes it different from management? I have had the opportunity and privilege to be a student of the number one leadership... View More
Last month at the PARCEL Forum, about a dozen executives sat around a conference room all day helping each other tackle the most challenging issues they faced in running and growing their operations.It... View More
“CEOs report that up to 75% of their organizational change efforts do not yield the promised results.” (Margaret J. Wheatley) Wow! No wonder our projects fail. When I speak to leaders about... View More
Do you look forward to team meetings? How vulnerable are the members of your team? Are they open with one anotherabout their weaknesses and mistakes? Do your teammates genuinely and quickly apologize when... View More
The single biggest obstacle to success is the absence of execution. This was the essence of the book, Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done (Bossidy & Charan, 2002). A few months ago, I wrote... View More
One of the most frequent complaints I hear in my work with leaders of organizations is the following: “I am sick and tired of my people not following through.” As managers, we depend on our... View More
Don’t you hate it when you make a mistake? You feel stupid and embarrassed. We tend to avoid mistakes at all costs. What if you were to learn that the key to mastery in any field is making mistakes?... View More
The famous psychologist Carl Rogers wrote, "Man's inability to communicate is a result of his failure to listen effectively.•bCrLf When I teach leadership workshops, one of the exercises is to ask... View More
In 1991, President George H. W. Bush had a problem. He was unclear about the power of the “vision thing.” Some say he lost the election to Bill Clinton because he didn’t share his vision.... View More
Most employees don’t give a hoot about their work. Wow! That is pretty scary, but unfortunately, it is true. According to a Gallup survey, 70% of employees are not engaged at work. The biggest single... View More
