Why You Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Break Your Business

Why You Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Break Your Business

It was September 2020, one month after I suffered a broken ankle when I said to my physical therapist, “how am I ever going to curl again?” The location of the injury impeded my ability to flex my ankle to 180 degrees; a critical position for delivering a 42-pound...
Three Tips to Fail with Grace

Three Tips to Fail with Grace

My team and I were sweating as we walked into a large conference room. Though we’d rehearsed our talking points, nothing could settle the sick feeling in our gut that we had failed our largest customer. We sat down, we thanked our customer, I made the opening comment...
Why You Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Break Your Business

Why You Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Break Your Business

It was September 2020, one month after I suffered a broken ankle when I said to my physical therapist, “how am I ever going to curl again?” The location of the injury impeded my ability to flex my ankle to 180 degrees; a critical position for delivering a 42-pound...
3 Warning Signs You are a Transactional Leader

3 Warning Signs You are a Transactional Leader

How often have you seen a new senior leader drop in an organization, turn it around in 12-18 months and then they’re gone in less than 3 years?  What went wrong? The reason lies in what we ask of these leaders; we want short term gains without focus on a...
Why You Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Break Your Business

Why You Should Cancel Your Next Team Meeting

“It’s 4:00 o’clock, I’m exhausted from meetings and I didn’t get any of my projects done.” “We can’t cancel the meeting; this is our opportunity for us to align and know the status of the initiative” How often does this inner dialogue run through your head before you...
Three Tips to Fail with Grace

The Biggest Mistake You’re Making in Employee Retention

If your employee retention program is focused on keeping individuals in the same position forever, you’re not planning on them being successful. One of the highlights of my career was being promoted to a Head of Operational Excellence role. While the offer sounded...