What Makes a Good Team?
It's not a random collection of your "best" people. We tend to think that putting the smartest, most capable people together on a team is the best decision, but some research I saw reported in the New York Times says oth ...
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Engagement Is a Two-Way Street
Maddie and I worked with a client last week on the topic of member engagement, and one of the insights that was particularly useful to this group was the idea that engagement is a two-way street. When we think about e ...
New Book Bulk Orders Now Available
The launch date for our new book is rapidly approaching! And as part of the launch, we are offering some special deals for organizations that are interested in bulk orders. We have produced a PDF flyer describing the ...
You’re Not As Needed As You Think You Are
Or, at least, you shouldn't be. On Tuesday I posted about a great article on LinkedIn about a company that gives its employees a MINIMUM number of vacation days they must take each year. They do this because they care ...
More Evidence You’re Falling Behind
Everyone knows that the speed of change has gone through the roof these days, but that's not precisely what I'm talking about when I suggest you're falling behind. I'm talking about management. I don't think people re ...
The Problem with Goals
Everyone knows that you have to set goals in order to be successful, right? There are data to back up that assertion. I don't remember the exact source now, but I remember hearing a study that saw a correlation with sign ...
Spring is Coming
We had a particularly cold week last week here in the D.C. area--down into the low teens at night and highs in the 20s. That's not normal for this area, where high temperatures, even in January, average above 40 degrees. ...
If you find yourself in a hole…
...the first thing you do, is stop digging. Don't get in the way of your own progress. Your own behavior is actually the piece of the puzzle over which you have the most control, so take advantage of that. When faced ...
New Year’s Resolution: Raise Your Standards
On the last day of 2014, I made the mistake of getting a prescription filled. I didn't intend to do it that day. That just happened to be the day I went to the doctor and he called it in to my local CVS. I showed up at t ...