“It is better to be alone than in bad company.” – George Washington Culture gets a lot of attention these days, and rightly so. For all the strategy & planning and great ideas we might have, if the culture of our organizations is no good then it will all amount to nothing. I’ve seen plenty … Read more
“A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body – the wishbone.” – Robert Frost Most people are happy to tell you about their phenomenal work ethic, or how they are always trying to improve, or how they’re never satisfied until their organization has reached the highest … Read more
“Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.” – Wayne W. Dyer As I’ve mentioned before in this space, one of the most important (and often overlooked) aspects to success is continuous learning. We can never stop improving our knowledge and skills. That being the case, I spend a … Read more
“Achieving something that’s never been done before starts with challenging yourself to do things that you’ve never done before.” – Melinda Gates Here’s the least original statement of the year: We live in a world of rapid change. Everything around us seems to be moving. Very little seems stable or dependable. And as human beings, … Read more
“The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.” – Chinese proverb The more I’ve learned about leaders & their businesses (not to mention myself), the more I’ve come to believe that our lives are largely self-fulfilling prophecies. There are certainly exceptions to that rule, but for … Read more
“ ‘I must do something’ will always solve more problems than ‘Something must be done’. “ – Anonymous Last week in this space the topic was the fact that people talk a good game about change, but they’re not really honest about it. I’d like to say that this week’s topic will be wildly different … Read more
“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” – Henry Ford I’ve been reminded over the past couple of weeks how difficult change is. That’s not any kind of earth-shattering statement. If you asked a group of a hundred people to describe change in one word, I bet … Read more
“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” – Theodore Roosevelt Someone I’ve been fortunate to work with over the past 5 years asked me last week asked me how I define “success”, or “being successful”. She mentioned that she’d read & heard & used that word in … Read more
“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.” – Albert Ellis It’s interesting to watch leader behavior across different organizations. Each one has their … Read more
“…Leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses.” – Mitt Romney This blog might sound like a repeat (of this, or this, or maybe even this) but it just keeps coming up time and time again. Whether it’s a reflection of our society as a whole or just a coincidence, there is an epidemic of … Read more
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