Deals with the Devil
The play “Faustus” [...]
Be on Guard
Guard your minutes [...]
It is Not all in Your Head
Most coaching for [...]
Incompetence
While low engagement is flogged as a leading cause of poor business performance, incompetence is an obvious, but often, down-played factor. Leaders don’t like to talk about it. Even “experts” like to gloss over it...
Creativity
When people say they are not creative they are practicing a form of self-amputation. Creativity is not limited to artists. Creativity is not limited to technology or products....
If number 2 was fine for ‘The Boss’…
It is important to use the right criteria for success. Bruce Springsteen, surprisingly, never had a #1 song on the Billboard charts...
Be Spring not a Sponge
Do not just soak up irritations, problems or emotions of others...
Feedback may be the breakfast of champions, but you don’t still don’t want to eat here…
I was told by a very experienced construction leader that one way to get feedback from the team is to read what is written on the walls of the port-o-potties on the job site...
Garbage Solving
People (all with good intentions) try to solve too much. They try to solve everything with one grand, elegant strategy when sometimes we just need a net and some focus to get rid of the garbage....
Open to New Opportunities
Often when we see this phrase (especially on LinkedIn) it means “I’m looking for work,” but we should all be on the lookout for new opportunities to learn and grow.