“Our lives are measured in moments, and defining moments are the ones that endure in our memories.” -Chip Heath & Dan Heath In The Power...

Photo: Screenshots of Apple 1984 Super Bowl TV Commercial I have been in companies that operated with an extremely competitive culture...

The traditional, physical office is not going away any time soon despite advances in technology allowing people to work remotely, either...

[Note: This post was updated July 2024 for freshness & clarity.] In the book, Extreme Ownership, Leif Babin (a U.S. Navy SEAL officer who...

“Layoffs are mostly bad for companies, harmful for the economy, and devastating for employees.” -Newsweek (2010) In December 2017, I...

Many of us miss a key point about the importance of followership. Indeed, most people hold a negative view of followership (Kelley,...

Awaken, Align, Accelerate (2011) is a leadership development and coaching guide from MDA Leadership Consulting. The book harnesses “the...

“Coaching is helping another person reach higher levels of effectiveness by creating a dialogue that leads to awareness and action.”...

[Note: This post was updated July 2020 for freshness & clarity.] “The notion that there are only a few great people who can lead others...

Athletics carrying a crew canoe over heads | Credit: Clerkenwell I was contacted by a freelance writer working on a blog post for the...

“Change can generate deep resistance in people and in organizations, thus making it difficult, if not impossible, to implement...

Much of the original research on Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE) came from the field of sociology. Two sociologists from University...

Before delving into the barriers of an effective team, you must first understand the difference between a team and a group: “The...

Whether in my personal or professional life, when I observe myself and others around me, one of the biggest personal and professional...

[Note: This post was updated July 2024 for freshness & clarity.] I often find people confusing and commingling the terms “organization...

[NOTE: This post was updated June 2020 for freshness & accuracy] In my former career as a mental health counselor, I encountered many...

[NOTE: This post was updated November 2016] In “Leading Change,” John Kotter (1996) outlined an 8-Stage Process to Creating Major Change:...