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There is a well-known Zen story about a rather non-conventional response to impending doom.
A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice,...
One of my favorite Warren Buffett quotes is "Only when the tide goes out do you discover who has been swimming naked."
It is of course a reference to investors who get over leveraged or are...
his is the long version of this post complete with data, academic references, and disclaimers. The short version can be found here.
The Enneagram Personality Typing system is showing up more...
When individuals, teams, and entire organizations lose their moorings, the need for focus and leadership is greater than ever. This Covid-19 crisis is clearly one of those times.
So what can...
Coaching continues to increase in popularity in corporations. There are multiple reasons, but the bottom line is that there continues to be a big need for skill development for people in...
Values-based interviewing suddenly seems all the rage.
The idea here is that you ask questions around important personal values that will contribute to success on the job or that are aligned with...
A very successful coaching way-station is when your client clearly sees that they are co-creating the world they are living in. "By Me" in Michael Beckwith's Model of the Four Stages of...
I wrote about the Taoist Farmer story in another post Schrodinger's Cat and the Value of Uncertainty in a Continuously Connected World, but as I continue to work on myself, it reveals new...
Almost 25 years ago, one of the best-selling management books of all time was released: Peter Senge’s The Fifth Discipline. I know I was in the minority, but to be honest, I was...
In his autobiography, Miles Davis, the world renowned jazz trumpeter and band leader, claims to have changed…not just his style, but all of music six times. A bold claim to be sure, but...
I am a bit of a logophile. I subscribe to dictionary.com’s Word of the Day because I really enjoy it when I can capture the essence of something with a single word.
That...
Bosses are making everyone I know completely nuts. It should not be surprising.
A recent review of the academic literature concluded that “one in every two leaders and managers” is...
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