"Two men look out the same prison bars: One sees mud and the other stars." -Frederick Langbridge It's very easy and so tempting to be...

I was once part of a leadership development initiative (in 2019) that required partnering and collaborating with a third-party vendor,...

“Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must...

If there's one thing I've learned from attaining my Ph.D. it is this — don't outsource your thinking. As a society, we've become lazy,...

IMPORTANT: For this book summary, I'll be using and referencing other books by the author(s) to better provide context, examples, and...

Photo: Screenshots of Apple 1984 Super Bowl TV Commercial I have been in companies that operated with an extremely competitive culture...

The traditional, physical office is not going away any time soon despite advances in technology allowing people to work remotely, either...

[Note: This post was updated July 2024 for freshness & clarity.] In the book, Extreme Ownership, Leif Babin (a U.S. Navy SEAL officer who...

“Layoffs are mostly bad for companies, harmful for the economy, and devastating for employees.” -Newsweek (2010) In December 2017, I...

In a Wall Street Journal article, Staats (2018) writes, “we have an action bias: We would rather be seen doing something than doing...

Many of us miss a key point about the importance of followership. Indeed, most people hold a negative view of followership (Kelley,...

[Note: This post was updated July 2020 for freshness & clarity.] “The notion that there are only a few great people who can lead others...

Athletics carrying a crew canoe over heads | Credit: Clerkenwell I was contacted by a freelance writer working on a blog post for the...

“Change can generate deep resistance in people and in organizations, thus making it difficult, if not impossible, to implement...

Much of the original research on Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE) came from the field of sociology. Two sociologists from University...

Before delving into the barriers of an effective team, you must first understand the difference between a team and a group: “The...

[Note: This post was updated July 2024 for freshness & clarity.] I often find people confusing and commingling the terms “organization...

In January 2009, Michael Hiltzik of the Los Angeles Times wrote: “No American CEO is more intimately identified with his company’s...

[NOTE: This post was updated February 2022 for freshness & clarity.] Recently, I’ve been struck by how stuck people and even...

[Note: This post was updated March 2021 for freshness & clarity.] Diversity initiatives usually sound great on paper and on an...