Tell Your People
When I first started in consulting, I was on a big project with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It was an extensive assessment of "organizational issues" broadly speaking. I did a LOT of interviews and focus groups. ...
Category: Truth
What if We Let People Be Themselves?
I've been working on the book (shocker!) and one of the sections I've been working on lately has to do with authenticity. Human organizations love authenticity. It's part of what makes them trustworthy. They ...
What if We Let People Be Themselves?
I've been working on the book (shocker!) and one of the sections I've been working on lately has to do with authenticity. Human organizations love authenticity. It's part of what makes them trustworthy. They love it when ...
Are Your Meetings Like Golf or Hockey?
One of my favorite books that cuts across two of my favorite topics (truth and conflict) is Michael Roberto's Why Leaders Don't Take Yes for An Answer. He is the source of the definition I often use of consensus: it's no ...
Stop Making it Worse
In my March e-newsletter, the question of the month was, basically, "What are you going to stop doing?" I have loved this theme for a long time (maybe Jim Collins was the first time I remember it being presente ...
Stop Making it Worse
In my March e-newsletter, the question of the month was, basically, "What are you going to stop doing?" I have loved this theme for a long time (maybe Jim Collins was the first time I remember it being presented clearl ...
The Truth About Boards: Slides and Handouts
Okay, I am home from Great Ideas, and as I promised the attendees in my session, here are the handouts and the slides from the session. The handouts are actually the same as the session I did at ASAE's annual meeting ...
The Truth About Boards: Slides and Handouts
Okay, I am home from Great Ideas, and as I promised the attendees in my session, here are the handouts and the slides from the session. The handouts are actually the same as the session I did at ASAE's annual meeting ...
A Great Idea: The Truth About Boards
This coming Sunday I will be speaking at the ASAE Great Ideas Conference in Colorado Springs. I love this conference and haven't missed one yet. I have been speaking at them quite regularly now, and I like pushing ...
Your Suck List
I did some work last week with a volunteer group that was half way through it's year of activity. They were at a point where they wanted to look back at how the experience has been going so they could make adjustment ...