Seriously. What does it mean to be well rounded? Is that attainable? And frankly, how does it benefit the individual or even the organization? We know instinctively that each of us does better in our areas of strengths. We are more effective, more efficient, more engaged, more fun. An hour […]
The road from novice to expert is one that everyone has to pay the price. We all start as novices and through time and purposeful practice; we develop the internal experiences that lead us to become experts. Whether you follow the 10,000 hrs rule of thumb to become an expert, […]
“Piecing together the world you want is an impossible task if you haven’t first pieced yourself together “ Reflecting on an earlier post about the various sides of ourselves, I barely noticed my daughter entering my office as she casually does many times. This time, she was wearing a sweater. […]
Between 1960 and today, the use of the word accountability has increased over a thousand-fold within the business literature of our time according to Google Trends. The term accountability seems to have lost the original meaning. Now it appears to carry connotations of an external oversight and in some cases […]
“if you fail at first, it is time to redefine success!”, someone I know jokes regularly. I think most of us would approach it as, “if you fail, get up and try again”. That’s both the essence of being resilient and the reality that it is unrealistic to get it […]
There are hundreds of sports analogies that lead to the same lesson, “We play like we practice. So if we want to play better, practice better.” Playing in a team means that we are just cooperative with everyone’s role and the desire towards a goal. However, when we encounter resistance […]
There is a story of a young associate who was working on a million dollar deal that went sour. His executive called him into his office soon after that for a conversation. When the associate arrived, he was perplexed that the conversation was not going how he expected it. After […]
Excellence at anything comes from mastering the fundamentals and mastering anything comes from practice, practice, and practice. In order to practice, we need to understand what are we trying to do, specifically in the context of a particular business. The practice of tasks and skills should capitalize on what makes […]
Monday Morning Quarterback Recently a thought really grabbed my attention while listening to The Moment podcast. The idea that our brains are much like announcers in our favorite TV event in which many actions are narrated play by play. The narratives in those broadcasts are merely reflecting what happened after […]
One of the aspects of a growth culture is the ability to expand their footprint and strengthen relationships with customers. In order to do that, the culture of growth needs to embrace the idea of selling. Such an idea is one that applies to every individual in an organization. A […]