Boosting your mental agility and critical thinking
Large amounts of data and rapid change increase the need to think critically and adjust to new realities. Will Rogers reminds us that “even if you are on the right track, […]
Would You Choose the Red or Blue Pill if you were in the Matrix?
In the film,The Matrix,the main character, Neo,is offered a choice. He could take a red pill representing a desire to live in the real world as a free person or […]
4 Ways to Smash the Barriers to Critical Thinking
Many leaders exhibit a tendency to jump intoaction. When a problem is identified there must be an immediate response. There appears to be an ingrained “just do it” mentality on […]
Situational Mindsets: Targeting What Matters When It Matters
Situational Mindsets expands leadership beyond mastering personal style, skill set, and positive characteristics. It adds the ability to adjust to dynamic conditions and deliver results. The importance of situational awareness […]
Six Situational Mindsets To Putting First Things First
No one would argue that as leaders, we want to immediately tackle the most important issue or opportunity. As Stephen Covey advises, “put first things first.” However, deciding what is […]
Breaking the Vacuum Around Leadership
When something is missing, it is a vacuum or space creating a void. I believe we have a missing element in our understanding of leadership. We all recognize that leaders […]
Targeting What Matters When It Matters
Adopting a narrow or fixed perspective is both foolish and dangerous. My MBA students frequently and fervently embrace a single answer, but in their rush to provide an answer they overlook […]
Bridging Executive Team Conflict
One of my clients was entering a strategic planning process with a dysfunctional executive team. The team was stuck over how to plan for the future. The lack of harmony […]
Using Checklists and Statistics to Get in Sync With Reality
I was recently struck by my seeming lack of perspective on global developments while reading Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World–And Why Things Are Better Than You Think. […]