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Peer Support - Learning from The Odd Couple

It’s lonely at the top. Depending on your organization’s structure and culture, it’s often lonely in the middle. If you run your own...

Chipping Away at How I Really Learn

I often spend a few days in a “woodshop retreat” between Christmas and New Years. I do respectable “square” work, but I’ve wanted to...

When does YOUR new year start?

I’ve lost count of how many people have used the word “hectic” in conversation lately. The corporate world is working (or working you)...

The Power of You -Unplugged

How Ditching Digital Devices Made Me Happier and More Productive All Day. Not long after launching my consulting business, my girlfriend...

How do you Set the Conditions for change?

Good Leaders can drive change. Great leaders set the conditions for the changes that are needed to happen. Think of it is as a kind of...

"Empathy is the Most Important Leadership Skill according to research."

That's the headline of a recent Forbes article. In my ten years as an active-duty Marine infantry officer, empathy was not my strong...

Gain By Subtraction–What do you need to Let Go to Grow?

Often, the path to growth isn't taking on something else, but letting go of ways of thinking and being that are holding us back.

What's your Energy Returned on your Energy Invested?

Asking generative questions leads us to shifting what we observe and how we think. You can't answer this one easily "on paper." You have...