Organizational Growth & Performance

One Question Will Free Your Staff To Do More

My oldest son, Elijah, is three years old. He loves to have us draw pictures for him. One day, he…

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Hack Your Team – How To Free Them Up To Achieve More

Today, the word “hack” is being used to communicate an entirely new message and meaning. The Urban Dictionary describes a…

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Why organizations need to define their philosophy of leadership

How to Make your Conflict a Quality Conflict

I recently participated in a planning process as a member serving a nonprofit board. Throughout the course of the day…

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How to Get the Most out of Your People

5 Areas for Focus on Organizational Alignment Years ago, I worked in construction. One project I remember was the remodel…

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How to Hire the Right People

Two Ways To Find Them and Retain Them When leaders hire, place and retain the wrong people, time is lost,…

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Four Ways Patience Makes You More Productive

It seems as if there are two kinds of people: Those who can’t get started, and those who can’t stop….

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Turning Your Ship Around

7 Steps for Beginning a Change Process “This is a big ship. It takes a while to turn it around.”…

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Perseverance: Two Leadership Practices that Make the Difference

“Genius is divine perseverance. Genius I cannot claim nor even extra brightness but perseverance all can have.”  Woodrow Wilson  Has…

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Are You Designing Failure?

Someone should create and produce a TV series about traffic engineers. Really. It would involve lots of money, fast cars,…

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Why Conflict is Good

Conflict. It’s good. It’s an opportunity. It’s a pivot point from which new understanding can emerge and new strengths are…

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