My Brain is Lazy
People don’t resist change; they only resist what they feel is a threat to their safety. In 2002, Princeton psychologist Daniel Kahneman won the Nobel
April 30, 2019
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Don’t Take This Job!
It is our basic premise that everyone wishes to contribute to an organization at his or her highest level of ability.
March 27, 2019
Trust is Internal
More than a decade ago, I wrote my first blog. It was a paean to my son, a Green Beret for 17 years. The post
March 1, 2019
Transforming a Transformer
A few weeks ago, I let people know that I would be out of touch for a week, during which I would be participating in a
February 6, 2019
Can you lead without self-awareness?
I participated in a recent webinar titled Transforming Bad Managers into Great Team Leaders, a collaboration between 15Five and Predictive Index (PI). Both co-facilitators were
January 12, 2019
How do you reward a Rising Star?
Who are your rising stars? Who in your organization has proven herself as a highly competent manager, with the potential to develop into a great
December 11, 2018
The ROI of Trust
In a seminar that I recently facilitated on Teamwork and Trust, we explored two very different models of organizing work. The first model is the
November 26, 2018
The Professional Outsider
Amazingly, ExecuVision International just celebrated it’s 20th anniversary. We have had the privilege for the past 20 years of helping over 400 organizations – from
September 5, 2018
Four in Six
Most people in business today certainly know about CEO peer groups. They are generally based on Napoleon Hill’s concept of a Mastermind group. Most are
May 3, 2015
In an Age of Transparency
Sometime around 1980, Denmark instituted a new citizen numbering system similar to a Social Security Number in the US. During that time, I was a
January 4, 2015