The Leader’s Job Is to Help the System See Itself
Leadership is a complex topic. Get any number of leadership experts in the room and ask them to define leadership, and you’ll get something that sounds like the mumbling of the jury at a Perry [...]
Effective Conflict Engagement
I was raised in a proud, warlike, clannish family. As I realized when my grandmother was dying, and it became my mission to get the entire family to come home to see her, we are a proud, [...]
The Utility of Double Loop Learning
Double-loop learning is built into many agile processes, most notably Scrum, and is also the objective of the lessons learned process prescribed by the Project Management Institute Project [...]
Permission to Begin
Some of us spend a great deal of our lives waiting for or seeking “permission to begin” from others. It’s a subtle thing. It actually stops us from starting. Waiting for permission—or even [...]
It’s Time for Pervasive Leadership
Organizations in all sectors—public, private, for-profit and non-profit—are struggling today with similar issues related to workforce productivity and performance against financial and market [...]
A Monday Reflection on “Having” to Go to Work
Ever say to yourself or someone else, “I have to go to work” with that sense of beleagueredness in your voice? Ever stop to reflect on how that happened or what it might really mean? [...]
Weak in the Knees
There are only two people on this planet now who make me go weak in the knees in abject admiration when in their presence: Nikki Giovanni and Norm Kerth. They, in many ways, are not alike. [...]
Another Day in the Neighborhood
Like so many of you, I often work in organizations that are in a state of change and have been for some time. This state of constant change can be exhausting or exhilarating, but it is often [...]
