“It’s taken me all my life to learn what not to play.” – Dizzy Gillespie Last week in this space the topic was focus, and the importance of zeroing on what matters and getting your people to do the same. Based on some of the feedback I got, that’s a topic that people tend to … Read more
“The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break.” – John Madden As leaders, we are bombarded by ideas and information about how we’re supposed to manage people. If you search the internet for “manage people” you get about 7.75 billion hits. There are books, articles, podcasts, training courses … Read more
“We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action.” – Dr. Henry Link Here we are again. It’s the first week of January, and I feel like I should write something about it being an opportunity for a fresh start, or a time to begin anew, or a time to be re-energized. About … Read more
“What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it happening again.” – Anne Frank As we approach the end of another year, we all have a tendency to look forward. And that’s a positive. It’s a good thing for us to be excited about the future, or to be thinking about what we … Read more
“It is December, and nobody asked if I was ready.” – Sarah Kay If we were playing a game of hide and seek with the year 2022, this would be the part where 2022 says, “Ready or not, here I come!” The way the past couple of years have gone, there are plenty of people … Read more
“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. Right now, on an almost daily basis, I find myself working with leaders who are completely overwhelmed. They are dealing with issues … Read more
“The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.” – John E. Southard As we celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday in my part of of the world, I’d like to encourage you to think about everyone who has helped you during the past year. Think about what they’ve … Read more
“Time is more value than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.” – Jim Rohn Most of them are too polite to say it, but I would guess that the majority of leaders I’m fortunate enough to work with get sick of me talking about how they use their time. … Read more
“What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.” – Oscar Wilde Right now it’s pretty easy to focus on what’s going wrong. Maybe that’s always easy for a lot of people, but it feels worse than usual. The past eighteen or so months have seemed like a nonstop parade of problems. … Read more
“It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.” – W. Edwards Deming For the past couple of weeks in this space, the topic has been change – how we can’t keep doing the same things we’ve been doing, even if they’ve worked in the past, and how if we’re feeling overwhelmed by that … Read more
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