Don’t Be Stupid… Work Like a Genius
What if the worst thing you could do for your personal capability is exactly what you are doing? You probably are. We all are. Brain scientists have confirmed that multitasking makes us stupid. No I am not exaggerating. If we define practical intelligence as our ability to learn, solve problems, and create new solutions then […]
Refuse To Be Domesticated
Too many of us have become domesticated. We are so persistently taught how to figure out how to please others to get what they tell us we should want that… we lose track of ourselves. We never learn what we deeply want. I have found this to be profoundly true for leaders. They are always […]
Being Strong Can Make You Stupid!
Most of the time I walk around with the inner illusion that nearly everyone likes me. “After all,” I think, “what’s not to like?” Well, it turns out there is plenty not to like. It’s especially hard to like someone who assumes everyone thinks they are wonderful. Yah, there are plenty of people who think I am a […]
The Growth Agenda Of The Future is: Good, Grow, Gain
The popular and currently accepted MBA-approach view of business is as a stockholder wealth-creating machine. MBA PowerPoints reveal a business logic mindset of Gain, Grow, Good. This business logic directs leaders to first think of a way to make money (Gain), then use a more-with-less business model to grow profitable revenue (Grow), and if there’s […]
Leading to Win – Everything We’ve Been Taught about Leadership has Changed
For the past 35 years I’ve been helping leaders win. Winning is never easy. Especially now. And it’s not just because competition is more fierce and game-changing technology is being developed every nano second. Winning is hard because most of us don’t spend enough time critically thinking about what winning means to us. Instead we […]
