Change it up
As much as I advocate getting into good habits and routines to be more effective at work, I notice that creativity comes when I change it up. Is that true for you, too?
Are you wrong?
Elon Musk of Tesla gave an interview in 2014 where he said “You should take the approach that you’re wrong. Your goal is to be less wrong.”* As a business leader, people who report to you must always consider how far they are willing to go to be honest versus how much does keeping their […]
Who challenges your thinking?
Who do you look forward to seeing who consistently challenges your thinking? While celebrating my nieces wedding on the Oregon Coast, I was able to be with my extended family, the grooms family from Texas and my niece’s friends. So many different ways we live our lives, yet the conversations were warm, open and exploratory. […]
After all these years, how do I change my name?
Like many of you, I’ve called myself one thing for all of my existence. Now, after being a Member of a Vistage group for 4 years and a Vistage Chair for over 17 years, Vistage is changing the name from a Vistage Group to a Vistage Peer Advisory Board. We shall call it a “Board” […]
What is not said with words?
Do you ever walk into a room and see someone slouching in a chair looking defeated? As a coach, that is the first thing I notice. I am there to talk with your true heart and your real soul. I look for what is not said with words. If you think that is hard to […]
Do we talk too much?
This week about 100 Vistage Chairs gathered in Boulder, Colorado for Keepers of the Flame. This is a conference for Chairs who have 10 years or more of tenure. We get together to do the deeper work we need to continuously grow ourselves and to connect with our dear comrades – the chairs who have […]
How do you stay in the conversation when it gets tense?
So, the issue is critical, the relationship is important and you totally disagree. Now what? Having the conversational capacity and the tools to structure the discussion can create the opportunity to resolve difficult issues in new ways. In his book, Conversational Capacity, Craig Weber describes it as staying in the sweet spot where you are […]
Does who you are “being” speak so loudly I cannot hear what you are saying?
All of us have had the experience of meeting someone that we don’t like and not being able to explain exactly why we feel that way. In the U.S., we feel uneasy if the person doesn’t look you in the eyes, or speaks at you
Are they “our” vision, mission and values or “your” mission, vision and values?
Last week I worked with a management team to draw up a Conversational Code of Conduct.* We spent what was, to them, a very long hour and a half.
Would you like some great questions to ask your team?
Last week, I discussed bad behavior that happens at companies and what the leader can do to address it. For today, I promised I would give you some questions you can ask to connect better with your team