“Smile – it’s free therapy.” – Douglas Horton Since today is a holiday, and holidays are meant to be fun, we’re going to do something a little different.  We’re not going to have some deep, heavy discussion on leaders and their philosophies.  We spend lots of time being serious – today let’s smile. We as … Read more

“Denial is a common tactic that substitutes deliberate ignorance for thoughtful planning.” – Charles Tremper We recently completed one of the quarterly workshops that makes up part of our Dynamic Leadership Forum.  One of the things we asked members to do prior to coming to the workshop was to complete a simple diagnostic on the … Read more

“If you’re the boss and your people fight you openly when they think that you are wrong – that’s healthy.” – Robert Townsend Ask most leaders about conflict in the organizations they lead and most will say some version of “We don’t have conflict – we communicate too well for that,” or something along those … Read more

Last week I threw out some ideas that might be a first step towards creating a vision for your organization.  Remember, that was just a beginning – you’d still want to think about things like core values, purpose, your business statement, barriers, different scenarios, etc.  Obviously there is a lot that goes into creating that … Read more