Join Our Emergent Network and Keep Jamie at Home
Last spring my good friend and fellow Berrett-Koehler author Jamie Showkeir received the nightmare diagnosis of ALS. By summer, he needed the support of a cane. By fall his legs no longer supported him. Today he has only 20% use of his arms, cannot feed himself, and...
Do You Have a Blah, Blah, Blah Vision or a DRIVING Vision?
Does your vision sound something like this? - Our vision is to provide aggressive strategic marketing with quality products and services at competitive prices to provide the best value for consumers. Bad news. You have a blah, blah, blah vision. Do yourself and...
Guidelines to Create a Compelling Vision
A compelling vision helps you make choices about where to focus your energy. Without vision, you are in danger of trying to be all things to all people, scattered or adrift. So stay focused on your vision, and don't get distracted by unrelated opportunities. In our...
4 Tips to Cultivate Resiliency Before You Need It
Guest post by Eileen McDargh If there's one thing you can count on, it's that at some point this year, you will need to be resilient - whether pushed by pain or pulled by possibilities. Resiliency has become an important life skill. So why wait until you're in a...
Six Things to Keep in Mind Before Goal Setting
Although January is typically the time of year when we turn to goal setting, too often, it is a waste of time. Let’s be honest. How many times have you achieved all of your yearly goals? The problem is not with goals. Goals provide focus, create momentum and help us...
2014 in Review – My Top 10 Blog Posts
I have come to look forward to my annual end of the year blog review. It’s an opportunity to take my own advice and reflect on the big picture before I jump into the new year. It always provides some insights and some surprises. This was a banner year for my blog,...
How to Maximize Your Energy When You Don’t Have a Lot
Many of us find our energy dissipates at this time of year when the days are short and the nights are long. Instead of trying to muscle your way through it, here's how to maximize the energy you do have. Even when your energy is lower than usual, there will be periods...
Overworked and Overwhelmed? Try The Mindfulness Alternative
I had the pleasure of interviewing Scott Eblin, one of my favorite leadership experts, about mindfulness - the focus of his excellent new book Overworked and Overwhelmed: The Mindfulness Alternative. Mindfulness is getting a lot of attention these days. A number of...
Why Your Company Values Might Not Matter
Why are so few companies values-driven? Even when they start down that path, why do they wind up dead-ended? A 2012 study shows "employees want their organizations to display honesty and integrity in business activities," and "when leaders behave consistently with the...
Strive For Greatness
The secret to greatness lies in the small actions we each take every day. Although we won’t all be recognized by history, each of us is capable of achieving greatness through our everyday actions. Most of the good in the world is built on the accumulated...
4 Steps Toward Collaborative Leadership
If you are tired of “us vs. them” attitudes… if you are feeling frustrated or hopeless about those who don’t agree with your views… if you are concerned about the polarization in this world today… if you are waiting for leadership that unites instead of divides… … the...
The Two Faces of Leadership
There are two faces of leadership. One face looks forward - because leadership is about going somewhere. That face of leadership focuses on questions like: 1. Where are we going? 2. Why? What is the purpose? 3. How will we get there? What are our key strategies? 4....