I am sure you’ve heard the saying, “The quickest way to kill an idea is to take it to a meeting!” Often in my business advising I am invited into meetings that are, to say the least, painful. Well-meaning managers talk and talk while bored employees pretend to listen. With over 25 years advising teams […]

The greatest secret to maximize my productivity? Could it be a new app? An upgraded phone or new tablet? Maybe the latest CRM or social media strategy? Or could it be a new time/project/life management system? It’s none of these —- or perhaps all of these. It depends on if you seek to maximize your […]

Knowledge Management is the explicit and systematic management of vital knowledge—and its associated processes of creation, organization, diffusion, use, and exploitation. A successful program must be explicit so you can codify the knowledge in your organization. It must be systematic to ensure that you capture all critical knowledge. Because you don’t have the resources to […]

In one of the most memorable scenes from the classic film, The Wizard of Oz, the Cowardly Lion gives several examples of great courage, and then closes his dialogue with this famous question: Cowardly Lion: “What have they got that I ain’t got?” Dorothy, Scarecrow, & Tin Woodsman: “Courage!” Cowardly Lion: “You can say that […]

Of all the components of transformational leadership, the #1 most difficult challenge I hear from the leaders I advise and coach is employee engagement.  (Execution is a close second – I will post on that next Monday.) If envisioning answers the “What’s Next,” engagement answers the “Who” – who needs to be involved, their roles […]

Coaching is drawing greater interest by boards and c-suite executives, particularly where performance goals aren’t being met. Yet there is still a contradiction between what is expected of c-suite executives from their boards, customers, clients, their employees, even themselves and their willingness to commit to a the coaching process which can equip them with the […]