Tuesday Morning Focal Point
Category: Leadership

A Lesson in Resource Allocation – turn your pillow around
July 10, 2023

After a stretch of travel I realized an important business lesson could be extracted from a practical travel reality.  Where are my zzzzzzzzz’s? I’ve never been able to sleep well on airplanes.  Notwithstanding years and years of extensive travel including a few consecutive years of flying over 200,000 miles.  As such, red-eye flights have always…

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High Performers; Holding them Accountable
March 7, 2022

We often think of the need to hold others accountable in the context of those who are not executing well or fully on their KPI’s and deliverables.  Yes, for sure, accountability mechanisms and finding ways to support improved outcomes for this cohort is critical. This is a complex endeavor. It can take a lot of…

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How to Return to the Workplace – Culture over Strategy
August 3, 2021

So many conversations are underway, throughout all kinds of workplaces, regarding returning to the workplace for those workers who have been working remotely.  When considering how to return to the workplace, there are many considerations that go way beyond health and safety. One of the realities is that an extensive amount of change has been…

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Increasing workplace productivity
July 6, 2021

Post pandemic transitions back to working in shared office spaces will bring new challenges as we work different now than pre pandemic times.

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Emotional Reactors and Leadership
February 16, 2021

Do you find yourself reacting at all these days, perhaps in ways that are unusual or are just more emotionally loaded than you are accustomed to?  If you do, you’re not alone.  More and more I seem to be having conversations with people about their emotional responses and reactions that they are not proud of. …

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Emotional Qualities and Leadership
January 18, 2021

I hear all kinds of comments about emotions from, “I am not emotional,” to, “my partner’s emotions are irrational “and “My kid’s emotions don’t make sense”.  I find that emotions (and the related emotional qualities) in our western world are not well understood or valued. What are emotions? First, everyone has emotions.  Emotions are wired…

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Emotional Agility and Leadership
December 1, 2020

Have you ever wondered what it means as a leader to have emotional intelligence?  Have you wondered what qualities you possess that lead to your emotional responses? Do you know how they impact your ability to lead effectively?  Do you notice that sometimes your emotional responses don’t seem to make sense, and even aren’t always…

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Overcoming Resistance to Change
August 25, 2020

Sometimes during the summer months, I think back at times to childhood summer camps.  I always loved the campfires in the evening and thoroughly enjoyed singing the great campfire songs.  One of the ones I think about is the classic “Goin’ on a Lion Hunt.”  The song talks about the hunt and running into various…

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The Hard Thing About Hard Things – a book review
April 29, 2020

This book has been on my want to read list for a while and I figured the current economic climate set the stage for now being the right time to do so. Ability to easily see different perspectives The author, Ben Horowitz, had a unique upbringing having communist grandparents while living in New York. In…

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Getting Full Value out of Crisis
April 7, 2020
Category: Crisis, Leadership

There remain many different and varied trajectories and outcomes for businesses in our current new reality.  Some of course are not fairing well, and that is very unfortunate.  However, there are also businesses thriving during this time.  There is only so much you can do in response to the current reality. The question is; are…

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