It Couldn’t Be Done & Dr. Barry Black
Last week, I enjoyed a fantastic three-day session with my Pepperdine organizational leadership colleagues in DC. One of the highlights of that trip was a session with Reverend Barry Black, … Continue reading
Life’s Cow Paths
Last week my wife and I had the chance to do a business trip back in Cincinnati. We lived in Cincinnati from a couple of years when I was working … Continue reading
Skiing & Leadership Development
One of the things that I am noticing as I continue hip deep in my leadership development research and client work is that I find leadership lessons all around and … Continue reading
What’s a Michigan Man?
As I’ve noted before, I am a sports radio junkie and one of my favorite radio hosts is Jim Rome. Yesterday I was listening to him interview Michigan basketball head … Continue reading
Rachel Canning & Lessons in Forgiveness
The story of 18-year old, Rachel Canning, has been all over the news. For those who were not keeping score, Rachel sued her parents for her tuition and for a … Continue reading
You’re not good at something, so let’s make you do more of it.
Does that sound like good management advice? To me it looks like a recipe for organizational and performance failure. This idea, however, was recently put forward by the executive editor … Continue reading
What Did Mom Say?
It probably happens at least once a week (usually a lot more). One of my three children will come up to me with a question about whether or not they … Continue reading
Do you learn more from success or failure?
This is a question that doesn’t have an easy answer. It also depends on what we’re really asking with that question. While some research has been done by University of … Continue reading
University of Texas Football: Red Sox Meltdown (Part 2)
A month ago I wrote about the pending resignation of Mac Brown as the head coach of the Texas Longhorns. In that post, I noted that research shows that the … Continue reading
True Partner = Walks the Walk & Little Talks
A favorite leadership quote of mine that is attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson is: “What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” It is a … Continue reading
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