One of the lessons that eventually becomes clear is that managing is not just managing down: leading those people who report to us. In fact, the higher I got in organizations, the more I found...
One of the great challenges of business is how to go from idea to delivery. It’s easy to talk about ideas but turning those into a finished product requires much more than talk. It can...
So let me ask you a question: How strong is your willpower? When you want to make a change, how successful are you at not only making it but also sustaining it? Whether at work...
I recorded this episode on the road this week, while in Las Vegas speaking at the Agile Development Practices and Better Software Conference. I greatly enjoy talking with the people from many different companies about...
In this episode I continue my conversation with Professor John Kotter. If you haven’t listened to the first part of this interview, make sure to check that episode out! Our focus in this cast is...
When was the last time you wanted to make a change at work? Maybe it was an approach on a project or something bigger, like wanting to introduce a new way of doing projects, such...
Last week I facilitated a tutorial and delivered a new keynote to over 800 people at the STAREAST conference in Orlando. It had been a while since our family had visited Florida so I had...
If you’ve ever sat through one of my workshops or keynotes on leadership or project management, you’ve likely clued into the fact that I have a rather low tolerance for the purely academic. By that...
I have to tell you: I love running a small company. In today’s interview I’ll tell the story of a small company that doesn’t act small. You may work for yourself, for a small company,...
Episode Duration 16:55 Hopefully you’ve already had a chance to listen to the first part of my interview with Tony Schwartz. In this second part, Tony talks about the concept of pulsing, and gets very...