Why Good Teams Make Bad Decisions
Did you ever watch in dismay as a good team began to make a series of bad decisions? It can happen with any kind of team – a work team, sports team, political team, or volunteer team… in any kind of setting – business, government, school, non-profit. Here's what...
How To Write a Mission Statement in 5 Steps
A mission statement is a brief statement that explains your reason for existence or purpose - what you want to accomplish. A good mission statement helps guide you in determining your products and services because it answers the question “why?” and helps...
A tweet, a blog post, and a profound teaching
What's the best length for a blog post? Mine are usually between 500 to 800 words. However, through the discipline of writing tweets, I have discovered that it is quite possible to communicate an important concept in 160 characters or less. A Talmudic...
9 Tips to Increase the Likelihood You’ll Be Heard
Did you ever have an important point to make that wasn't heard or understood? What did you do? If you eventually gave up in frustration, you’re not unusual. When you have something important to say, a little preparation ahead of time can increase the likelihood...
The 12 Team Skills of Brilliant Teams
When Casey got the award at the annual meeting, no one was surprised. He was a marketing genius, and his team’s success was unparalleled in the history of the company. He was clearly a rising star. The problem was, his fellow team members thought he was a pain in the...
Looking for Vision? She’s Out Walking the Streets in Stilettos
Considering the compelling case for the value of vision, it's strikingly absent these days. Recent research by Kouzes and Posner demonstrates that "being forward-looking is the quality that most separates leaders from individual contributors." However, “it’s something...
The Value of Vision Series – An Interview With Doug Conant
I had the pleasure of interviewing Doug Conant, newly appointed Non-Executive Chairman of Avon and the former President and CEO of Campbell Soup, where he led the company through a dramatic transformation, reversing the declining trend in earnings and employee...
The Value of Vision Series – Mike Myatt
Is Vision Relevant Today? Mike Myatt CEO, N2growth on The Value of Vision In a word – YES! I’ve always said, leadership without vision is like trying to drive blind – it won’t end well. The best evidence of the importance of vision is what occurs in its absence–...
The Value of Vision Series – Tanvi Gautam
Vision: It’s All About the (Im)possible Story Dr. Tanvi Gautam Past perfect tense I recall that evening quite vividly. I was at the end of the first year of my PhD program at the Katz Graduate School of Business. My father, also an academic and a strong role model...
The Value of Vision Series – Kate Emery
Crossing The Threshold Kate Emery, CEO of The Walker Group and Founder of reSET Social Enterprise Trust Yesterday we opened our new social enterprise incubator and co-working space to 60 community friends. Upon seeing the space full of people, energy, and ideas, I...
The Value of Vision Series – Daniel Burrus
Futureview: A Roadmap for Growth and Prosperity by Daniel Burrus On May 25, 1961, in his “Special Message to the Congress on Urgent Needs,” a young president painted an insanely bold picture of our future in the language of a dare: We’ll put a man on the moon and get...
The Value of Vision Series – Whitney Johnson
Whitney Johnson is a leading thinker on driving innovation via personal disruption and a co-founder of Clayton Christensen's investment firm Rose Park Advisors. A TEDx speaker, author of Dare, Dream, Do: Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare to Dream, and regular...