A Thanksgiving Challenge
This Thanksgiving I’m giving myself a bit of a challenge. Here’s why. A Thanksgiving Story I cried as I read his note. I’ve been wrestling with how to share this with you ever since. I thought about writing about it generically but that fell flat. I...
7 Strategic Questions Your Team Should Be Able to Answer
How to Help Your Team Think More Strategically I’ve never met an executive who said, “My team’s just too strategic. I just wish they would focus on the day-to-day work.” Nope. In fact, it’s quite the opposite concern. “How do I get...
6 Simple Techniques to Help Your Employees See the Big Picture
Help Your Team See the Bigger Picture to Contribute Better Ideas and Feel More Connected Most of the time when executives tell me their team is “not strategic,” the real challenge is they just don’t have enough information to see the bigger picture....
Do You Hear Them Now? 11 Signs You Have a Listening Culture
I once sat in an executive meeting where the SVP explained that Bob, a junior level executive who reported to her had “gotten away” with challenging her boss, the COO’s, ideas. She shared, “When Bob started to challenge him, I was really afraid...
