The topic of today’s Two-Minute Leadership Talk, our final video in The Big Six® series, is “Balance.” What do I mean by that? I’m talking about the balance between the two spheres of Personal and Professional life. It’s more than just balancing the personal and the professional, though: it’s about maintaining energy. In this video, … Read more
I’ve always admired the gymnasts who could master the balance beam, because they seem so agile, conducting complex movements on a 4-inch wide strip of wood (to be precise, Wikipedia says the actual width is 3.9”). These athletes display remarkable grace and calm in the midst of what must be intense pressure to achieve perfection … Read more
Most of us were raised as leaders to “figure it out,” right? Later in life, when we didn’t have enough information to make good decisions, we defaulted back to this guidance. And not much good came of those decisions. So now that we’re in senior leadership positions, why do we give others the same instructions? … Read more
I used to be the permanent residence of the GIF – the Good Idea Fairy. He really enjoyed hanging out with me, because I’d take all the good ideas he’d whisper in my ear and head off toward the sunset, chasing the next windmill. My team members were the perennial victims of this constant stream … Read more
How to go about building an organizational culture? You hear this everywhere… “We’ve got to build a great culture.” “We’re going to grow our culture.” And as Chris Edmonds writes in The Culture Engine, this is a significant challenge we’re facing as leaders of companies large and small: “The problem? Most leaders put greater thought … Read more
Have you ever heard of this “story game” to get a party going? Here’s how it works. Write a short paragraph with a story, and choose 4 people. Have them line up side by side, and give the first person the story to read (but don’t show it to the other three). Then ask the … Read more
