Breaking down silos can spark innovation in unexpected ways. Gillian Tett, The Silo Effect You’ve seen it before: team members thinking about themselves more than the team; Every man and woman for themselves; a business composed of silos rather than being a cohesive organization. Silos create inefficiency, waste...
I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening. Larry King Do you listen or do you just wait for your turn to talk? When you listen, you have to be...
Recently, I was consulting a CEO on strategic presentation skills, they tended to keep talking without stopping and needed some work to better connect with the people in the room. We talked about the importance of pausing during the presentation and asking a question to...
Big ideas, when they stick, can guide an organization to an extraordinary future. It helps you determine when to move and where. It provides a shared vision that creates cohesion within your organization, which can lead to superior execution over time. To discover or refine your...
“The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.” Jon Kabat-Zinn The truth is that many of us spend most of our time in the office. Think about how...
Are you busy? Isn’t that a stupid question to ask? Of course you are. You have a lot to do and it all NEEDS to get done. That’s the way it seems. But, truthfully, a lot of what you’re doing is probably getting in the way...
Your new product or service is great. You want to tell people. Why not shout it as loudly as you can to as many many people as you can? Because, until you have an audience, you have to work exponentially harder to make your message matter....
The letter BlackRock’s Larry Fink sent CEOs highlights ideas that are familiar to our readers. Here’s the insight: “Society is demanding that companies, both public and private, serve a social purpose. To prosper over time, every company must not only deliver financial performance but also show...
Building a culture of trust is mostly one-to-one in nature. Over time, simple interactions accumulate and help create rapport and friendship, which are critical ingredients for a high-performing workplace. Try to be present in the small moments; this will lay the foundation for a more...
You have to live life to the limit, not according to each day but according to its depth. One does not have to do what comes next if one feels a greater affinity with that which happens later, at a remove, even in a remote...