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Triggered? Try These 3 Easy Steps To Rewire Your Brain
Power causes brain damage. If you’ve ever had a former friend get promoted then develop a case of colleague amnesia, you know this to be true. Or, if you saw the sorry, not sorry, congressional hearing of now-former Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf for failing to stop some...
10 Traits of Leadership by WD-40 CEO Garry Ridge
Last week, I had the pleasure of attending a virtual networking event hosted by the North San Diego Business Chamber that featured guest speaker, Garry Ridge. A native of Australia, Ridge is President and CEO of WD-40 Company, where he has worked since 1987. If you’ve had...
3 Ways Leaders Keep Their Egos In Check and Stay Humble
Feedback is the breakfast of champions. That’s a statement that author Ken Blanchard explains in sports terms. “Can you imagine,” asks Blanchard, “training for the Olympics with no one telling you how fast you ran or how high you jumped?” The leadership application, of...
Choose Your Own Adventure at our 2020 Virtual Leadership Summit
If you’ve not had a chance to attend our company’s annual Re:Imagine Leadership Summit, I’m inviting you to make an exception this year. (And, if you’ve already registered, you know that you’re in for an amazing experience that extends far beyond the typical day of...
Leaders: What do you Measure, Reward, and Ignore?
Culture. What does that word actually mean? Though many have tried, no one has ever landed on a fixed, universal definition for organizational culture. The subject has been vigorously debated from the pages of the Harvard Business Review to the halls of MIT Sloan. What is...
The Books in John Lewis’ Backpack on Bloody Sunday
On Bloody Sunday, John Lewis wore a backpack. It carried fruit, a toothbrush, and two books. Lewis had expected to spend the night reading in jail. Instead, he spent it in the hospital after his skull was fractured from a police beating. He would carry the scars from that...
3 Ways to Redefine What it Means to be a Manager Today
A study by Harvard Business School found that more than half of a manager’s time is spent on administrative tasks and only 7% of their time (about 2.8 hours per week) is spent on developing people and engaging with stakeholders. After engaging stakeholders, developing...
7 Inspiring TED Talks To Rebuild Our Connectedness
The first six months of 2020 was a stress test on every system, structure, and social norm known to humanity. The fear of a raging pandemic, combined with being trapped indoors or braving the disease as an essential worker for months tested our ability to deal with...
8 Books that Deepen Our Understanding of Race and Racism in America
This year has given Americans the opportunity to face some ugly truths about our country. The torch that was lit when George Floyd was murdered on Memorial Day continues to burn day and night. Under that light, American citizens are daring to step out of the protection of...
The Blinding Effects of Bias in the Workplace
A little girl named Jennifer grew up in Cleveland in the 1970’s. At age twelve, her family moved out of the city which meant Jennifer had to change schools. Like most 12-year olds, she was anxious about making a good impression on her new schoolmates and hoped to make...
15 Steps Lincoln Took to Lead a Divided Country
It’s been just over two weeks since George Floyd called out for his mother as his life was callously drained away by a white police officer in broad daylight on a Minneapolis street. Mr. Floyd’s death ignited a powder keg in America that spread around the world. Images of...
Is Your Team Losing Traction?
Does your team trust each other? If not, what impact do you think that’s having on the bottom line? This is a question that we have explored with teams ranging from publicly-traded companies to nonprofits. Regardless of the size of your team or the industry you work in,...