The danger of self-deception is it feels helpful while it blocks growth. It’s surprisingly easy to feed ourselves a line of bull while demonizing dissenters, rejecting disconfirming realities, and affirming ourselves. No high… Continue reading
I just spent 13 hours in a car. Because of weather, yesterday’s flight was canceled. Rescheduling was impossible. My first thought was I can go home and take a nap. Cancellation: I’d been… Continue reading
Layoffs, complaints, stress, cutbacks, unrealistic expectations, shortfalls, and more, demoralize teams. 10 Strategies that Re-energize Demoralized teams: #1. Complain a little and move on. “We’ve talked about this the last three times… Continue reading
This is a guest post by Nathaniel Greene, author of, Stop Guessing: The 9 Behaviors of Great Problem Solvers. —– “Why? Why not?” These questions seem innocent—even helpful. But they’re quietly killing your business. When… Continue reading
Dreamers drive doers crazy. “Why don’t you talk less and do more?” Fear of being saddled with futile work causes doers to resist spontaneous dreamers. Constant disagreement leads to disdain. Words like ‘never’… Continue reading
Organizations need more doers than dreamers. A team of dreamers will start a thousand things and finish none. (Yes, that’s an exaggeration. Everything in this post is a bit exaggerated.) Dreamers start… Continue reading
