Collaboration; Expected Not Taught
I am truly baffled by the incredibly unrealistic expectation that people should be able to collaborate effectively. I suppose if we look at how man has evolved we can make some assumptions. In the...
View ArticleSome Rock Bands Have Figured Out Incentives and Aligning Behaviors
Last night my wife and I watched a very moving documentary called Long Time Running. It was recommended by a friend whose opinion I most definitely value so it was easy jump in even though we didn’t...
View ArticleAirports and Accountability
Yesterday I flew back home to Atlanta from LAX after working with some amazing leaders at Netflix. Being in Atlantan it’s hard not to fly Delta and as a result I’ve reached what they call Platinum...
View ArticleWhat A Celebrity Taught Me At LAX
Last week I took my last trip of the year. I had the pleasure of working with 20 great leaders from Netflix in Los Angeles. The entire trip was great and it was time to head home. Off to the airport I...
View ArticleLeaders Don’t Let Your Off-Site Suck!
I am constantly amazed at what oftentimes seems to be a profound lack of strategic thought and approach when it comes to how off-sites get planned. It truly blows me away when I ask someone planning a...
View ArticleHigh Performance Means Slowing Down
As the CEO of a company that exists to create high performance cultures and teams, I am alway looking for ways to optimize. For me, optimization means doing more in less time, with fewer resources and...
View ArticleWhy Your Next Initiative Will Fail
Most of us know that insanity is defined as doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. And staggeringly, we see organizations stepping on the same nail over and over again...
View ArticleThe Currency Your Organization Needs In The New Workforce Economy
No, it’s not bit coin or any other type of crypto currency. It’s something that is much older, much more universal and a whole lot more human. The currency I’m suggesting that will propel you and your...
View ArticleProject Teams Don’t Have To Suck
For most of us the bad team project experience gets cemented in our psyche as youths. We’ve all worked on class team projects that were nightmares. Straight out of central casting you have: the know it...
View ArticleYour Next Leadership Event Can Be One of Your Greatest Hits – Just Ask Verizon
There are plenty of vendors out there who can make a leadership or team-building event engaging. But finding out that your spirit animal is a Wolf Bunny doesn’t really move the needle, and since you’re...
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