The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become. - Harold Taylor  A recent conversation with a leader I coach focused on the amount of time she spends fixing things for her direct reports. She had become stuck in … [Read more...]

It’s that time of year when we find commencement speeches in our email inboxes. I received Paul Hawken’s commencement speech to the class of 2009 at the University of Portland today. I decided to pass it on here. Why? Because the message is a good … [Read more...]

A conversation with a client the other day about how to engage her team more completely led to an important question. She had some conversations with team members recently that revealed that the team is losing hope about their chances for success in … [Read more...]

Almost every senior leader I talk to now tells me the same thing, “There’s too much going on. We don’t know what’s happening. It’s chaos.” These are in quotation marks for a reason; they’re quotes. My response is always the same; I ask a question, … [Read more...]

"March Madness" used to refer just to college basketball in the US. Given our current economic realities the term takes on a whole new meaning.  In the current environment, the three messages we keep repeating are: ·   Double-check your alignment. Is … [Read more...]