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When the weather changes
- Category: Making better decisions, Uncategorized
We notice when the weather changes quickly that we may need to change our actions. When something changes internally, we often brush it off or ignore it and just work...
The EQ triangle
- Category: Leadership, Mindset, Personal Development, Uncategorized
We had the pleasure last week of Vistage Speaker Heather Anderson’s Master Class on Emotional Intelligence. If you have not done a deep dive into Emotional Intelligence, it is highly...
Cultivate hope in your team
“Let’s talk about what truly separates effective leaders from the rest. It’s not only charisma or technical skills—it’s their ability to cultivate Hope in their teams.” – Yira Muse, Ph.D....
Stay balanced on the high wire
- Category: Management Focus, Overcome Obstacles, Uncategorized
Tariffs are on, tariffs are off. Now they are back on. Before January and for a long time, the average tariff was about 2%. Trump raised them to 10% and...
Democracy at work
Buildings in the mountains take a lot of abuse especially from winter weather. You can’t defer maintenance that you might get away with in milder climates. That is one reason...
Fare thee well, fellow traveler
- Category: Living Well, Uncategorized
For 21 years, Don Riddell and I worked together as Vistage Chairs in the Los Angeles area. We also took 5 international trips together with the Wow Travel Group with...
Gamify your day
- Category: Execution, High Performance Teams, Uncategorized
How often do you look at your best days and analyze what made them better? What if you could create a game around having more of those? Let’s say on...
Windows
- Category: Making better decisions, Uncategorized
I never thought much about windows. You opened them for air and you put curtains on them for privacy and to cut out the light in the morning. My 1935...
VUCA revisited
- Category: Uncategorized
Recently I was asked to say more about VUCA and VUCA prime. VUCA stands for Volatility, Anxiety, Complexity and Ambiguity and was identified/described by Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus in...
Your assumptions may be getting in your way
- Category: Uncategorized
Our world is changing so quickly, it feels like it is impossible to keep up. There is so much misinformation, ai created new reality, and distrust of data. All that...
Flag Day in the USA
- Category: Leadership, Uncategorized
This has been quite a week in the City of the Angels! Businesses all over the southland have been invaded by ICE. Retail, factories, swap meets, Home Depot locations, construction...
passion + perseverance=GRIT
- Category: Company Culture, Leadership, Uncategorized
Do you believe in the mission of your organization? Do your people believe in the mission? It turns out that mission driven organizations can move faster to achieve their goals...
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