Hardwiring Accountability

Yesterday I attended a local Vistage (formerly TEC) seminar presented by Steven Snyder titled “Mind Matters: Brilliance, Passion, and the Nature of Mastery.” Steven provides practical take home skills for meditation, visualization, focused passion, and […]

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I wouldn’t be writing this blog…if I had a quarter, yeah just 25 cents, for the number of times people have whispered in hushed tones or openly decried the need for better leadership (pick any level). Sometimes it is easier to talk about “leadership” than it is to talk about someone with a name and […]

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Is more money a motivator for stellar performance? (This is a “bait” question and can be passionately argued from both sides.) Will tinkering with or radically changing the results that people get paid for lead to in higher engagement and profitability? From what I have seen in over two decades of organizational work the answer […]

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What are some best practices when consulting for organizations? How do we successfully navigate through the often challenging straits of dispensing advice and expertise. Taking a leadership role in advocating a change in vision, systems and/or behaviors is challenging at best. Here’s what I recently shared when participating as a discussion leader at an organizational […]

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A client said to me the other day “I think we have a disconnect between your work with my staff and the direction I want to take toward a performance-based organization.” This is not a good thing!
Helping organizations identify the right metrics can be tricky business. If the process gets too complex, people spend more […]

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