As you look to close out 2016 and ring in 2017, revising old plans, making new ones, celebrating successes and learning from failures, don’t forget to look, at least for a moment at today. As business leaders, you are always looking out ahead, mitigating risks, … Read more
We assign meaning to most things that happen in life. The meaning is dependent upon a combination of many things including our beliefs, our experiences, and our values. Once we’ve assigned this meaning, we then “feel” a certain way as a result of our interpretation … Read more
I had the amazing privilege to see the Seahawks play the Patriots in Gillette Stadium recently and I was pleasantly surprised. I was surprised that football fans are great. They are perfectly fine with a differing point-of-view, passionate about theirs, and happy to have the … Read more
As we all watch our nation pick a new leader, it strikes me that this election has, unfortunately, had very little to do with leadership. I got to thinking that this can happen in our companies too, focus is lost, goals are diverted and conversations … Read more
“Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action. “~Peter Drucker As 2016 winds down from fall to winter, it is the time most entrepreneurs and business leaders start thinking about next year. How did we do on … Read more
The best way to predict the future is to create it. ~Peter Drucker The Seattle 2016 SBA Emerging Leaders Class graduated this week with 19 amazing entrepreneurs who created Strategic Growth Plans for each of their businesses that were inspirational and executable. They worked hard … Read more
What’s the purpose of the performance review? The answer largely depends upon your point-of-view. If you’re the manager, it’s what you are told to do by HR. If you’re the employee it’s what you have to endure to get a raise. You will not find … Read more
“It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.” ― Henry David Thoreau Good leaders listen. Great leaders listen well. Listening is not waiting to talk, or waiting for your moment to jump in and relate your story or … Read more
I heard a TED Talk last week and I was reminded why leadership is really a series of everyday moments. Drew Dudley told a story about how one thing he did several years ago ended up being a turning point in someone else’s life. The … Read more
The leadership face plant at Wells Fargo I wrote about last week is not going to be corrected by a few cosmetic fixes. This week, it was announced that the Manager in charge of the team will be “resigned” immediately instead of at the end … Read more