Often we find ourselves helping leaders tell their stories – about the compelling future they’re trying to create; about the reasons why change is needed; about themselves to help others answer [...]
Have you heard the old parable from India about the eight blind men and an elephant? Each is in contact with one part of the beast and reports what he senses: the one who stumbled against the [...]
As leaders, we rely on the great strengths we’ve developed over time that have gotten us to our current station. Imagine Jim – an executive I’ve worked with recently – who [...]
Much of my work involves working with senior teams – enhancing how they interact and work together has an amazing impact on the rest of the system, sometimes directly through collective action or [...]
Some organizational cultures pass the buck upwards. Some to avoid making decisions and taking risk, others because those at the top have a need to be involved in the details. Taken to extreme, [...]
One of the amazing leadership thinkers of our time died on Thursday last week. Warren Bennis is often labeled as the father of modern leadership. A prolific writer and thinker, Bennis [...]
Advice from Master Storyteller and Comic Judy Carter If you liked the post on the Jewish Comic and Muslim Researcher, follow the link below to witness a short coaching session where master [...]
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou
A Story of a Pair of Unlikely Partners What makes you memorable when you speak – the stories you tell and the emotions you evoke in others – that’s what people remember. Listen the NPR [...]
In recent months I’ve been reflecting on: what do we really do with leaders that makes a difference. We do lots of things – help them think through sticky challenges, get their teams on the same [...]
Another great one from StoryPeople…
What a great innovation – Stanford, MIT, Harvard and a bunch of other institutions are doing this. Georgia Tech I’ve heard has made a Masters Degree in engineering available through this [...]
“Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes [...]
The wildly successful CEO of Proctor & Gamble articulates his approach to corporate strategy in the book Play to Win. The good news about this book is that it’s easy to read, makes sense and [...]
I love what comes out of the StoryPeople site….
A few months ago I had the great privilege of designing and facilitating a Leadership Summit for Special Olympics, North America in Philadelphia. If you know anything about this organization, [...]
Quote of the Week “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” –Lao Tzu
