Maybe hate isn’t such a bad thing, after all. I believe love is stronger than hate. However, hate and love are dynamically connected. Tuesday’s conversation with Claire Diaz-Ortize, Twitter’s Head of Social Innovation… Continue reading
Persistence may be your problem. Repeating the past won’t create a new future. Successful leaders tenaciously persist. However, clinging to failed strategies until your knuckles turn white won’t make them magically work. It isn’t… Continue reading
Failing well enhances leadership credibility; failing poorly destroys it. “A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” George Bernard Shaw Failures are inevitable.… Continue reading
Money is an external carrot-motivator. It hangs out there offering a prize for a job well done. On the other hand, fear of staying late to complete a project is an external stick-motivator. … Continue reading
Pain motivates change. Without it we remain stuck. Motivated by it we adapt. I’m not talking about transitory physical pain. I’m talking about struggling with meaning at work, career drift, and activity without… Continue reading
This is the “Y” installment of the series “Alphabet for Leaders.” Emotional lows inevitably follow emotional highs. Nagging stress pulls you down like a lead weight. In addition, monthly physical cycles, duties you’d… Continue reading
