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Even though most people would say we are in the training business, we don’t see it that way. Yes, we deliver training, and so we are intimately aware of both the benefits and the limitations of that method of transferring skills and knowledge. There are many benefits training can provide. Here are just a few: [...]
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For the past couple of years, we have been offering public workshops on two important professional skill sets. I share them with you today, because they are changing significantly in the New Year. More about the changes in a minute, but first, about the workshops themselves! The Bud to Boss Workshop Guy Harris and I [...]
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Many people reading these words either took piano lessons or paid for their children to take them. I don’t think it would be much of a stretch to say that everyone reading these words knows someone who has taken piano lessons. If they can play piano at all, how many lessons did they take? In [...]
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We’ve all been criticized, and we have all leveled criticism at others, both directly and indirectly. This week, I ran across a quote that expresses my personal opinion about this topic extremely effectively. And, just because it is my philosophy, doesn’t mean I always live it very well. . . which is why I am [...]
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In any coaching workshop I lead, or in any conversation with leaders that turns to coaching, the discussion of positive feedback will ensue. Here are just a smattering of the questions that come up. How much positive feedback should be given? Don’t people already know if they are doing it well? If I give them [...]
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Every leader, supervisor, coach, team member and parent has been told of the value of giving positive feedback. We’ve heard reasons why. We’ve heard we don’t do it enough. We’ve learned all of the basics about giving positive feedback successfully: make it timely, make it specific, and when giving positive feedback consider sharing it publicly. [...]
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Today’s Resource Recommendation is End Malaria! by Michael Bungay Stanier. I’ve known the author of this book for several years, and reviewed and recommended his work for nearly as long. In fact his bestselling book from last year, Do More Great Work (here is my recommendation for it) is the precursor to this book in [...]
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Ernest Hemingway was a brilliantly talented and very interesting man. While I am in no way an expert on him or his life, when in Key West a week ago, I toured his home there. In fact, here is a picture of Lori and I standing in front of the house. Whether before reading on, [...]
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I recently learned of a version of soccer known as silent soccer. What is that you ask? It is defined as: A form of soccer in which spectators are not allowed to yell, cheer, or coach from the sidelines. Even if you have never been to a soccer game you can imagine how odd this [...]
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When my book Remarkable Leadership was published people asked me about the cover. Why acorns they asked? (actually by then 8 year old daughter Kelsey was the first to ask). My answer was two fold. Leaders are in the growth business, as are acorns. After all, even the tallest, strongest and oldest oak trees on the planet started [...]
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