The other day I had an entry of The First Penguin Award for those who take the biggest risks. When we learn to be great competitors sometimes the risks don’t even seem so big. Recently Andre Agassi and Stefanie Graf who demonstrated there competitive skills on the court are giving the world another lesson in [...]
A magician practices his craft for years and when he is ready he shows it to his patrons in hopes to mesmerize them with the art of pulling this cute little rabbit out of his hat and making it look easy. As leaders we are often engaged in difficult synthesis of complex situations trying to [...]
When you see someone walking in the airport with the little Bluetooth bud hanging from their ear and sounding very businesslike, do they seem like they are making things happen. You know the dialogue, “we are 150% over booked, we will need to get this issue resolved tomorrow or we will lose the deal.” No [...]
As a leader we often do not see ourselves as we are. The question is what you would do if you got solid feedback to demonstrate what your behaviors were really like. Not the feedback that comes with a sanitized 360 instrument that insures you don’t get the tough love because of the firms concerns [...]
One of the greatest status symbols we have today is our car. We don’t wear it on our wrist but on the road. It is a way to be seen. People may not know the price of the car but they know the ballpark of the price. There was research done on the status of [...]
Today my 11 year old daughter and I were driving and we noticed 2 police cars hiding behind a sign, clocking speeders on their radar guns. I ask my daughter, “Why do they hide behind signs to catch people speeding verses being out in the open reminding people that they should adhere to the speed [...]
What sort of business risk are you taking as a leader? How do you determine the right amount of risk? Do you have the courage to be the first to dive in the deep end head first?
Have you ever used the expression “We are going elephant hunting?” I have as well for years up until recently. I was in a board meeting and someone raised the topic of going elephant hunting. And another quipped back I think it is more like waiting for an elephant to give birth. After some laughter [...]
If you are an avid reader you might want to try a kindle. You may be like me and love the written page. You may even say “There is no way I will ever convert to an electronic book.” For me the move was much easier – I am what they call an early adopter. [...]
Leadership sets direction, puts the right people in the right positions, and ensures resources are allocated to the highest priority, while engaging people to perform at their highest levels to maximize results. And doing it ethically. We accomplish this by asking quesions.
This past weekend my wife and I along with some close friends, road in the MS150. This was a 150 mile ride from Duluth, Minnesota to Minneapolis Minnesota. We trained for approximately four weeks (I would suggest to anyone thinking about this six weeks would have been better). Throughout our ride our friends were both [...]
I asked a number of high-profile leaders when they shifted from information-gathering to making a decision. While there wasn’t uniformity among the responses, most leaders acknowledged the need to stop asking questions at a certain juncture. Walter Isaacson, President & CEO of the Aspen Institute and former President & Chief Operating Officier of CNN, waits [...]
Last night Dan Pink, author of Whole New Mind (excellent book) spoke at Ted Mann hall at the University of Minnesota. As he was speaking Obama was giving his acceptance speech. Some how the connection between what Pink was speaking of and the fact that the Democratic Convention was happening a few miles a way, [...]
Just returning from the Book Expo America (BEA) in LA. Wow! It is overwhelming how big this book industry is when observing it as a whole at the Staples Center. Last year over 400,000 books were published, so far this year 395, 405 books have been published this year there is a tidal wave of [...]
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