Consider this scenario: Your team is not meeting its objectives. What’s your response? Are your proactive or reactive?  When you are proactive, you observe, pause, reflect and choose before you act.  When you are reactive, you default to Continue reading →

All too often in organizations, people use the terms “leader” and “manager” interchangeably. To me, this is problematic. Managers and leaders are not the same thing. There are different skillsets associated with each role. What’s the distinction? Managers manage things Continue reading →

There was a moment while walking amongst the ruins of the Acropolis that I felt thunderstruck. I was surveying structures that were built 2,500 years ago during a time when citizens in Ancient Greece had more of a say in Continue reading →

Want to create a more engaged workforce? Start with your culture first. Why? Today’s competitive workplace needs a workforce with advanced skills in problem-solving, learning from mistakes and being self-directed.  You might set these expectations for your workforce and Continue reading →

I was listening to an interview on NPR with Arne Duncan, the Secretary of Education under Obama. He is out on the speaking tour promoting his new memoir. The first line from his book reads, “Education runs on lies.” Continue reading →