You are invited to “Get Unstuck: your business, your staff, you.” A complimentary workshop. Learn more >> In the workshop you will learn: The key reasons a business becomes stuck How staff gets stuck What to do when you just don’t know the next step...
What’s the point in the complaint, “it’s never good enough for you.” When I coached, we set up drills to build control for the athletes. The sport? Competitive club ski racing. High speed, precise, on-the-edge, yet fluid skiing. A series of...
Have you ever wondered if you have the right leadership traits? Me too. Here are some leadership traits I’ve heard over my career. Be highly knowledgeable. (knowledge is power). Put in the time. Do the due diligence. Be a strong decision maker. Have charismatic...
“I’m overwhelmed as a leader.” Emails are stacking up. Phone calls keep coming in. Demands on time and decisions pile on. Issues constantly pop up. There’s just not enough time. Oh, yes. I know these scenarios only too well. At one point I...
In case you are wondering, we’re not talking about the easy, routine decisions. Why write about the easy case? The easy decisions that have been made with small variances over a long period of time are not the issue. The decisions where you know the various...
Tough question, “Why do managers fail?” The curious thing is that managers often fail right after successes. Why is that? Is the Peter principle alive and well? The Peter principle states that “managers rise to the level of their incompetence.”...