I’m not a swan expert, but if I watch them, I don’t see them worrying about other swans (unless a mother with her young). I mean, look at this picture – the swans are “a swimming” on their own – focused on their surroundings and their needs. Given that observation, they aren’t a good model for our […]
Seven Ways to (Really) Engage People
Engagement is a very trendy word, and while it is so powerful, because of its (over)use, people are making it harder to understand and think about than is necessary. In fact, it is writers, speakers and consultants (yep, people like me) who are adding to the confusion by injecting complexity where it isn’t needed. So […]
The Big Key to Organizational Decision Making
Workshops and lectures about decision making center around tools, data and processes. The thinking goes that to make the best decisions, the best data must be available and properly used. And since we often have lots of data, we need tools for parsing, analyzing, understanding and displaying that data. These tools and approaches are important […]
What is Your Trust Choice?
This quotation was in SmartBrief on Workforce, one of the useful email publications I read regularly. It speaks to a fundamental choice we all make, whether consciously or not. I share it today so you can be aware of the choice you make, and decide if that is the choice you want to make […]
Seven Ways The Best Leaders Set an Example By Going First
To lead someone or something means, literally, to be in front, so that others can see and follow in that direction. Stated another way, if you think you are leading, but no one is following, you are just taking a walk. In yet other words, leaders are leaders because of what they do, not because […]
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