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I know. It seems like a long way off? How about 4 years! Let’s make that 3 years and 9 months!! We live in an age of rapid change. We are experiencing the 24/7 non-stop global community. Business cycles are speeding up. Customers and stakeholders demand instant responses. “The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence. It’s to act with yesterday’s logic.”...Read More

Shifting through the generational noise is not necessarily easy, but it’s necessary. There is a lot of clatter when it comes to generational “stereotypes”. One newscaster says one thing and then a press release says another. One pundit says “A” and then another says “B”, and in the process contradicting themselves. So how do you sift through all the chatter about shifts in the workplace?...Read More

Seventy-seven years ago MGM produced one of the best films of all time – – The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz. It was a 1939 film starring Judy Garland, and has been used over the years to highlight principles for both leading and living. The key principle is personal accountability.  Dorothy, Tin Man, Lion and Scarecrow, are great examples of natural human behavior when things go...Read More

Let’s start with a fact. Humans are great at building walls, especially the emotional kind that keep people out. What goes unnoticed is that there are two sides to wall-building.  If we build that wall they won’t get close enough to hurt us.  The other truth is that they won’t come close enough to help us. Understanding this is crucial to building authentic networks.  One...Read More

“The 10% success rate of strategy is wildly inflated.”  Tom Peters One of the quickest ways for organizations – both for profit and nonprofit – to lose credibility and feel shame, is to admit they don’t have a strategic plan. Yet there are organizations that can’t move forward on the strategic plan they have. The plan often fails in its ability to help produce new...Read More

What makes a great organization? We could list a number of things, but right at the top would be “GREAT PEOPLE.” So the question becomes, “how can leaders help their people achieve their greatness?” My good friends, Ken Jennings and John Stahl-wert say “it’s in serving them.” Their 10th anniversary edition of The Serving Leader lays out 5 powerful actions to transform your team, business, and community. Here...Read More