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February 24, 2022

17 Global Population Trends You Probably Don’t Know

Population. When was the last time you thoughtfully considered the powerful force of something as simple as population? History is full of examples of how quickly a […]
February 17, 2022

What are the signs of a God complex?

An Exposé: Grading & the God-Complex As a part-time professor, I have the responsibility and privilege of grading dozens of student papers each year. My best estimate is […]
February 10, 2022

Assessing Organizational Opportunities: The Sigmoid Model

In the past month, a surprising amount of my consulting discussions have focused on something called the sigmoid curve. This is unusual because the sigmoid is actually a […]
October 19, 2015

Developing Followers Who Lead Themselves

An old adage advises us not to put all our eggs in one basket. We’ve all applied this principle to matters such as our finances, our time […]
October 2, 2015

Thinking Outside the Bullpen: Strategic Innovation

This week my baseball team, the Toronto Blue Jays, secured a playoff berth and home field advantage for the American league playoffs. Their meteoric rise to […]
September 25, 2015

The Problem with ‘Important’

A colleague and I have had a difficult time meeting lately. As I have reflected on why this has occurred, I have discovered that the word ‘important‘ […]
September 24, 2015

Filtering Life: Is it Need to Know or Neat to Know?

Over the past few weeks I have been repeating a phrase to several of my clients: Is this information need to know or neat to know? […]
September 16, 2015

Nurturing Your Inner Leader: The Value of Your Values

Can you remember your last high pressure sales experience? What emotions did it stir in you – excitement, fear, caution, anger? A few weeks ago I […]
September 2, 2015

What’s Your Why? Assessing the Motives of a Leader

The more I study leadership the more I find myself focusing on one word – why. Why do we lead? Why do I lead? Why do […]
August 27, 2015

The Paradox of Feedback

This week I had the privilege of conducting leadership development training with a talented group of managers. One of the topics we discussed was feedback. It was […]
August 24, 2015

The Class of 2019: What You Need to Know

Each fall, Beloit College provides an insightful overview of the incoming class of college freshmen. As the years fly by, it is easy to forget the […]
August 20, 2015

Global Leadership: Do You Have These 3 Cultural Agility Skills?

I like to spend time with people who have lived in other cultures. They are interesting. They have great stories. And they usually possess an exemplary set […]