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The leadership ranks in any organization are constantly churning with exits, promotions, and new hires joining. Every leader knows that a big...

This is the second in a series of articles about the inner paradigms that shape how we...see, navigate, make sense of, and carve our success...in the world. 

If "what got you here, won't get...

The last few Using the Tools Beyond the First 100 Days emails/posts have been focused on my Building a High Performance Team roadmap, outlined again here:

1. Start with the Blank Piece of...

I have written a number of team building how-tos: how to avoid rookie mistakes, how to walk the talk on teamwork, and the danger of treating “psychological safety” as...

The last few Using the Tools Beyond the First 100 Days emails/posts have been focused on my Building a High Performance Team roadmap, outlined again here:

1. Start with the Blank Piece of...

The last few Using the Tools Beyond the First 100 Days emails/posts have been focused on my Building a High Performance Team roadmap, outlined again here:

1. Start with the Blank Piece of...

The tools in my First 100 Days program are not one-offs to try to impress people and get them to like you.  They were/are management best practices that can be used anytime.  

The next...

How many times have you heard this: "kids, don't try this at home?"

But here's one you might want to try.  Zero cost and an ROI that might surprise you.

I got the idea from my son.  On...

Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There is Lewis Carroll's sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.  ‍

In the story, she imagined there was a Looking Glass...

Leaders are starting to place more emphasis on performance and career conversations with their teams.  The motivations vary... investing in talent, charging up the environment with a...

Men's and Women's hockey has a player statistic that no other sport has. It is called the Plus/Minus score: If you are on the ice when your team scores, you get a +1. If you are on the ice when the...

This post will touch on a few slightly disconnected elements of building high performing teams: Why Teamwork Isn't More Important in Business, Psychological Safety, Rookie Mistakes, and The...