Leaders and Culture: The Polarity of Being and Doing
“Increasingly, the problems we face as leaders are complex, rather than complicated.”
Taming the Distraction Habit
“The capacity to choose what to attend to and what to ignore has always been essential for any creative or generative work.”
Vertical Development for Leaders
“For leaders who want to be more effective, engaging in the work of vertical development will set them on the right path.”
In the Face of Incivility, Choose to Thrive
“Don’t tolerate incivility at any level. Focus on values. Model civility.”
Creating Insight – Exploring the Aha Moment
Chance favors only the prepared mind.
—Louis Pasteur
Make Every Day a Good Day – At Work and Beyond
“Creating the conditions for living in a way that ensures that we have good days.”
The Power of Promises to Increase Accountability
“What seems like a lack of accountability is actually a lack of clarity.”
Leadership for Complex Times
When we talk about complex, there is more than one solution or maybe none at all. How are we going to grow our business? Stay innovative? Avoid commoditization? Maintain an engaged workforce? All of these are questions that take us into the land of the complex.

