3 Surprising Secrets to Finding Your Next Level

Powerful impact requires self-development. Those who make a difference trust their talent, expand their skill, and develop their strength. Lack of self-development is lost potential. Self-development isn’t selfish when you’re dedicated to serving… Continue reading

How to Bring Teams Together During Crisis

Crisis is a journey of transformation. During crisis you and your organization change or die. Meetings during tough times: Successful meetings create focus and increase energy. Reconnect with purpose. Your purpose is bringing value to your… Continue reading

Stop Talking About Transformation

Talk doesn’t produce vitality, eventually it kills it. Talk is important. But, the line between talk and rigor mortis is nearly invisible. Death arrives when organizational transformation ends. Vitality through trying new things: Talk is hypocrisy –… Continue reading

How to Stop Telling People What to Do

Traditional managers expect compliance. Coaching-managers expect engagement, creativity, responsibility, and ownership. People who’ve been controlled often prefer compliance over participation. “Just tell me what to do,” is a cop out. Some prefer being… Continue reading

7 Downward Steps of Control Freaks

The thing that irritates you about others is the thing you’re trying to change about them. “I’ve tried everything,” means you can’t figure out how to change someone. The more you try to… Continue reading

How to Transform Negative Environments

The more you think about what’s wrong, the more wrong you see. Your job isn’t fixing, correcting, and improving. It’s creating environments where others fix, correct, and improve. Criticism deflates. Approval energizes. Praise… Continue reading