Lighting the Decision Tree Have you ever worked for or with someone who wanted to know all of the information, be a part of every discussion, and make all of the decisions?  If you haven’t had this sad experience yet, chances are you will someday.  The worst examples are the ones who have been relatively … Read more

It’s really easy to “drink the Kool Aid”, isn’t it?  When you’re even marginally successful in your business or your part of the business, success is seductive.  You know what’s working, what’s selling, what’s making the production line hum.  Everyone loves being right, or almost right.  That’s why we rarely have debriefs (or After Action … Read more

I think we all agree in principle with Jack Welch on this one; the problem is, we often don’t act in accordance with what we think.  Growing leaders is a classic example of this challenge.  We truly value the leaders we have who work hard to get the job done every day.  We can’t say … Read more

What do many of us do all day?  “We spend most of it putting out fires,” many leaders say.  And that’s the reality.  In a world of constant change and increasing demands, uncertainty is the new certainty.  We’re trapped in a burning building of crises.  No wonder many good people leave otherwise good organizations and … Read more

            Onboarding.  We often treat it as a checklist procedure, right?  It’s something we do using a clipboard (or the electronic equivalent of one).  Usually the HR team  monitors the clipboard, and we consider we’re being successful when all the blocks get checked within a certain time frame for each new hire. So if we’re … Read more

How many forgettable leadership programs have you attended?  I’d venture more than one, and each time we always ask ourselves as HR professionals and senior leaders, “Why did we do this?” as we put the glossy notebooks with colored tabs on the shelf – never to be opened again. With all this scar tissue, we … Read more