Fix Meetings in 5 Minutes

You don’t aspire to lead life-sucking meetings.

Bad habits are never intentional.

You’re so busy doing things that you don’t take time to improve the way you do things. Constant hurry ignites frustration.

Fix meetings in 5 minutes.

How Leaders Fuel Brush Fires

Distracted leaders drown in what’s broken. Fixing dilutes energy. Fueling multiplies it.

Fixers look like heroes. But leaders fuel brush fires.

Maximize what’s working.

Words Are Money

Words are money.

Some words return life. Others empty your wallet.

Blabbermouths trigger inflation.

Learn how to invest your words skillfully.

4 Ways to Build Tenacity in Others

My sole strength is in my tenacity. Louis Pasteur

Tenacity is the bridge between goals and achievement.

Learn four ways to build tenacity in others.

The 3 Authenticity Curses

“Be yourself” dresses ego in the robes of authenticity.

“I have to be me,” requires others to adapt to you. Why shouldn’t you adapt to them?

Don’t be yourself. Become your best self.

Increase your impact by learn the curses and cures of authenticity.

Lipstick on a Pig

Don’t decorate problems. A coat of paint doesn’t kill termites.

You put lipstick on a pig when you reorganize to solve distrust. Hiring consultants to avoid responsibility is makeup. Spreading poor performers across several teams masks the problem.

Learn 4 ways to take lipstick off a pig.