I’ve been reflecting on my clients’ organizational complexity and looking at my own little world of complexity. And, I’m pondering two questions:
The world and people are complex. And, complexity is not necessarily bad (check out my pic for today). But the degree of complexity feels to many of my clients...
If you read my post last week, you know I was in Paris on vacation and free of all my normal worldly accountabilities. So, yes it was grand.
One experience in particular seemed to fit in with my dialogue with you. We went to a concert of Vivaldi in a small chapel called St. Chapelle very close to Notre Dame. Two days prior to the concert, we saw a poster on a street...
Simplifying what is required to orchestrate a complex change process is quite a feat. Getting people behind the more-than-stretch goals for which you have made a commitment to the board can be equally challenging.
When we meet resistance, in whatever form it takes, we (humans) tend to speak louder and demand everyone to see it our way. Get on board, ladies and gentleman!
Chip and Dan Heath in Switch:...
When I teach people about what it takes to create remarkable results, we talk about four essential attributes—the Four C's. One of those attributes is COURAGE. My definition for courage is the:
Mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty.
How we deal with our internal experience of danger, fear or difficulty is a potential barrier to success. Every truly "remarkable" result has some...
Is there someone in your sphere of influence who is difficult for you to deal with? Makes you a little insane from time to time? Do you have a phrase or two with lots of emotion that says it all for you?
This post asks you to engage in two questions:
Labeling—Where's the...
I have been embroiled in organization and personal change in the past weeks—with my clients and my own work and life. In the worst case, I have clients downsizing upwards of 50% of staff. In the easiest of cases, I am coaching a great team to embrace growth and a new leadership structure. On a personal note, I have actually been working on a plan to downsize from my current home...
We were in Brooklyn this weekend and went to the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) to see La Traviata. The opera was wonderful. The music, the voices, and even our fairly last-minute seats in the last row of the balcony were fabulous. The only negative experiences were with some of the patrons.
Quick context for this post: I am getting ready to launch a series of interviews with Dr. Herbert...
Have you ever set your goal or intention, charged ahead, and then suddenly stop at a brick wall that appears in front of you? The wall is big and tough, and you ask,
"Why is this so hard?"
"How is it possible?"
"What is this chaos about?"
Frustration, second-guessing, and anxiety move in.
And when you slow down your own insane internal dialogue, you are left...
In part, this post is an effort to share one of my favorite bloggers with you: Chris Brogan. The other part is to encourage you to think about your "personal brand." Here's a snippet of his post entitled: The Real Power of Personal Branding. Follow the link in the subheading to get the full post.
The Last and Biggest Secret by Chris Brogan
Confidence. One word. That’s it. If...
I am re-reading a book by Rachel Simmons called Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls. I will be interviewing Rachel on January 25th for my kick-off Women2Women2Girls program. Initially my focus was on her work with girls. What's been rumbling around in my head over the last few days is the question:
How has the girl culture of my school years shaped me as a...
