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Men's and Women's hockey has a player statistic that no other sport has. It is called the Plus/Minus score: If you are on the ice when your team scores, you get a +1. If you are on the ice when the ot...

This post will touch on a few slightly disconnected elements of building high performing teams: Why Teamwork Isn't More Important in Business, Psychological Safety, Rookie Mistakes, and The Disease of...

You are dreading an upcoming presentation to senior leaders, or the C-Staff, or the Board. You are dreading it because at least one person has a rep as a egomaniac. Sotto voce: you might have a differ...

One night long ago, a camel was freezing in the cold desert. He asked his master if he could just put his nose inside the tent for a bit of warmth. The master thought there would be no harm in that an...

Meetings are often more effective when there is a skilled facilitator present to keep things on track, holdup the mirror, create a safe space, etc.

Unfortunately, few meetings have one.

Many have a ...

A bit presumptuous, but I'll back it up.

I previously posted an article on the "system" problem locking lousy meetings in place.

One set of "players" in that system are the meeting organizers. Maybe...

When it comes to articles about corporate culture, I like to think I am “discerning,” but “critical” is probably more accurate. I find most articles about corporate culture somewhere between pabulum a...

Many of the meetings the people in your company are in are laughably inefficient and ineffective.

The good news, if there is any, is that this article has nothing to do with meeting best practices.  ...

The common root cause across all those lousy meetings you find yourself in is not...the lack of a stated meeting purpose.

It is not the lack of an agenda.

It is not that the right attendees are not ...

One of the best ways to increase your chances of success with team building is to just avoid making rookie mistakes.

Here are three and some ways to avoid them.

Have a model. You can't build a high ...

We regularly hear laments about our win-at-all-cost culture.

Don't worry, this isn't one of those “what’s the world is coming to?” posts.

Winning is, of course, great, but sometimes the moments that...

Like the Taoist Farmer story, the story of the Empty Boat is often used by Executive Coaches to help their clients gain perspective.

Here’s a short version of the story:

A fisherman is on the water ...