I’ve just returned from one of the best business trips in my life. This past week I: Logged more than 3,000 miles in the air, Flew to Indianapolis before getting in my rental car for an hour drive to my client Headed back to LA a couple of days later, Flew to San Jose the …
Large, complex, system-wide change is risky business. Real Time Strategic Change and the principles that guide this work ups the ante even further because it will make your future happen faster. When speed increases, your margin for error decreases. This article explains seven “must have’s” to ensure you succeed in all your RTSC work. Without …
In the last week I’ve been struck by similar messages from: T.J. Simers (former sports reporter for the LA Times); Martin Seligman (professor at Penn and former president of the American Psychological Association); Author, Marcus Buckingham Robert Aliota (the owner of Carolina Seal, a small company that makes custom-engineered parts for DuPont and John Deere); President Barack Obama; Former …
This question was raised recently in the “After Hours Chat Room” included in the Learning Series on Real Time Strategic Change I’m hosting. A little more background on the situation: “… there is a huge superstructure of management over this project who bring with them some rather set approaches to making things happen which create …
My daughter Alison is an “equestrienne professional.” That’s her picture up above (says the proud Father). Ali has been in love with horses ever since she was 8 years old and had to clean stalls to earn riding time. You may wonder, “What is an “equestrienne professional?” Ali teaches riders, trains, cares for, helps buy …
I’ve written another article here on the site about how solid leadership support is a critical success factor in any change effort. Given my focus on collaboration, large scale change here is Coaching leaders is one way to help build this support in which my clients and I have benefited from partnering with others. Bob and Bev Benwick are great partners since they …
If you don’t recognize the impact and consequences of your lack of commitment to this mission critical project, you’re going to lose your people’s belief in your reliability as a competent leader. There are five words in the previous sentence that should have grabbed your attention so strongly that you couldn’t stop reading. Can you …
A few years ago I had the privilege and pleasure of co-authoring You Don’t have to Do It Alone: How to Involve Others to Get Things Done with Dick and Emily Axelrod and Julie Beedon. At the beginning of the book we make the case for why NOT to involve others. It takes more time. It costs more money. In almost …
An increasing number of books and articles over the last two years have provided great insight into the neurological underpinnings of the human brain. You don’t just see these articles showing up esoteric science journals either. Special issues of Time, Newsweek, and other popular magazines have recently taken on the previously un-sexy topics such as neurotransmitters, the …
Wouldn’t it be great if you could eliminate forever those energy-draining, blood pressure-raising lose-lose debates in your organization? Sound like a tall order? Not if you follow the teachings of my long-time friends and colleagues, Barry Johnson and Chandra Irviv. They were in town the past two days teaching a Consultant Development Intensive on Polarity …