How do you win the hearts of your clients? Win the hearts of your team members. That was the core message of a keynote I delivered this morning to a group of business owners. The…
Lies About Work? There are ideas about leadership and management that you and I have learned over the years that sound reasonable. We do them all the time. Surely they must work, right? For example,...
:21 Our Culture Series Continues Your company culture? Yeah, it probably has some problems, right? And our guest Mike Rognlien has a message for you and for me. If your company culture sucks, it’s at...
Could it be that you are one Yes away from a significant opportunity? 25 years ago today, I had every reason to say No to an opportunity. There was almost no reason to say Yes….
We Would Never Design Work Like This “What is keeping you from doing the best work of your life?” That’s a question we’re going to tackle in this episode. It’s critical because the way we’re...
I know. I know. What I talk about in this video episode will sound crazy at first. But the next time you face a ranting stakeholder, I share one thing to avoid and one thing…
Have a decision to make, whether on your projects, about your team, maybe outside of work? There are some predictable reasons why we don’t make better decisions. I’m giving a keynote today in Anaheim, California…
The Science of Meetings We too easily tolerate bad meetings. We begin to settle. We eventually resign ourselves to the fact that meetings are a necessary evil that will never change. We don’t drift towards...
Do Your Meetings Suck? When you think of meetings, what thoughts come to mind? Words like productivity, efficiency, and great use of time isn’t what I normally hear. But if you look over your last...
How do you deal with endings? This was a week of endings for me. We moved my dad into assisted living. He’s excited about the change. For anyone who has had to go through this…