“There are two kinds of companies – those that change and those that disappear.” – Anonymous Most of the businesses and leaders I have the opportunity to work with agree on the importance of change. When I talk about chaos and volatility and the rapidly changing environment in which we live and work they all … Read more
“If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less.” – Gen. Eric Shinseki If you can get past the disaster that his career became over the past few years, Shinseki’s quote is one of my all-time favorites. So many of us don’t like change – and that in itself isn’t some kind … Read more
“Creativity comes from looking for the unexpected and stepping outside your own experience.” – Masaru Ibuka I was fortunate enough last week to attend a conference where one of the speakers was Erik Wahl. Three things struck me as I listened to Erik speak. First, he’s a phenomenal speaker/artist. Second, I was reminded how critical … Read more
“A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.” – Muhammad Ali We spend a lot of time in this space talking about change. How much & how fast the world changes, how technology changes, how markets change, etc. But what about … Read more
“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” – Nido Qubein Sometimes when you listen to people talk, you get the idea that they really don’t want the things they say they want in their lives. They mention all these things they’d like to do, or be, or … Read more
“When it’s obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” – Confucius It’s important in every business to have a few clear, concise goals or targets to shoot for. For that matter, it’s important in our personal lives as well. Something that pushes us, something that focuses our … Read more
“Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.” – Ernest Hemingway There is a significant part of the population that suffers from a debilitating sickness masquerading as a positive character trait. The sickness is praised in many quarters as being a … Read more
“The secret to getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” – Mark Twain I’m sure it would not come as a surprise to anyone reading this that succession planning is a critical issue facing a … Read more
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein I like using quotes from Einstein because they make me think. I think the quote above is just the nuclear physicist genius way of saying “If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always … Read more
“No is a complete sentence…I found developing the ability to say no expanded my ability to say yes and really mean it.” – Susan Gregg There are very few things more precious in our personal and professional lives than energy. We have a limited amount, it’s easily used up, and we aren’t very good about … Read more
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