How to Embrace the ‘Next Normal’ It’s been nearly a year-and-a-half since what might be called the old normal and many of us have spent...

Critical Challenge: Empowering Leaders to Execute. (as found in the latest edition of Navigating WhiteWater) As I reflect on the role of...

The ABCs of Effective Training There are three types of training participants: the keeners, the vacationers, and the prisoners. Only...

Take a look, it’s in a book! Happy World Book Day! (Guest post by Morgan) In these days of consuming information at lightening speed,...

A PATH TO GREAT LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS (as seen in our April 2021 newsletter) WE’VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO BE ALONGSIDE... many...

Virtual is the New Reality Zoom, Skype and Microsoft Teams usage up by huge percentages 98% of Goldman Sachs employees working from home...

Adaptive Leadership in a world of COVID-19 Momma said there would be days like this. She never said that every day would be like this!...

60-Day SET Goals Challenge: Now it’s Time To DO Something! We’re two weeks into the 60-Day SET Goals Challenge. How are you doing so far?...

Follow-up/Follow-through Rhythm: The Drumbeat that Drives Execution A Horrific Case of the Missing Follow-up/Follow-through Process Early...

Failure is due to the failure to establish and execute Follow-up and Follow-through.

Courageous Communications and Feedback “Feedback is the Breakfast of Champions.” – Ken Blanchard “Feedback is the Breakfast of...

Courageous Communications, Part 5: Conflict Is All Around Us – Are You Ready? Conflict is all around us—whether in the workplace,...

Courageous Communications, Part 4: Holding Tough Conversations This post continues our series on courageous conversations. In Part 3, we...

Courageous Communications, Part 3: Preparing for the Tough Conversations Actor and director Stephen Moyer says, “Conflict is drama, and...

Courageous Communications, Part 2 “I’m Only Telling you this because I’m leaving the company” What Happens When Leaders Forgo Courageous...

Courageous Communications, Part 1 “Precision of communication is important, more important than ever, in our era of hair trigger...

It’s been more than 35 years since organizations began to embrace SMART goals. A SMART goal, which traces back to a 1981 Management...

As we’ve mentioned in this space before regarding the leaders need to define the playing field, a few years ago I watched my kids play a...

360 Feedback Process The idea that “Feedback is the Breakfast of Champions” applies as much to leadership performance and growth as it...

360 Degree Feedback: A Process That Works Different organizations will have a different approach to making 360-degree feedback work...