“Why won’t they do this???” “How has there been no progress made on this?” “Why is this still happening?!” “What will it take to get team buy in to this and change?!?” If you’ve ever tried to get a group of people to change, you’ve felt this exasperation. This can be particular hard when you’re […]
How do you feel about life right now? Are you filled with enthusiasm and a positive outlook? Or, do you find yourself negative at times, seeing the worst in the world and others? We all have our ups and downs, and what’s happening to and around us has a big impact on it. It’s harder […]
It’s a dark-lit room. In a chair, an English teacher is reading a newspaper. His foreign student walks down the stairs and sits across from him. “Good evening,” hisses the English teacher. “Good evening,” says the student. The teacher continues, “Repeat after me. I would like-” “I would like-,” copies the student. “To feed – […]
Do you care about the culture of your organization? Are you actively trying to shape or improve it? If you answer yes to either of those questions, you probably know about Patty McCord and Netflix. McCord, Reed Hastings, and others worked together to create the now famous Netflix Culture Deck. Culture from Reed Hastings These […]
The huge success of Google and their Adwords product has allowed them to ask some of the biggest questions that every company wants to know. None are bigger than the age-old, “What makes a great, successful team?” Because they have the money ($32 billion in revenue), resources (dedicated People Ops and Analytics orgs), and scale […]
To be a great leader, you need to develop many skills: emotional intelligence, the art of giving good feedback, influencing others, managing up, and more. Yet, above all those skills is one that with it, will carry you far, and without it, you will struggle. It’s one that gets harder the busier you get, and […]
“That is the worst thing that can happen to a company,” said Wisse Dekker. He’s the former president of Dutch electronics company, Philips. In 1990, he resigned after the company barely earned $3 million dollars in their first quarter. This was horrendous compared to the $130 million earned in the previous year. Dekker […]
The Chicago Cubs were “the Lovable Losers” of Major League Baseball. For over a century, the Cubs failed to win a World Series Championship year after year after year. The team was plagued by bad trades and consistent losses. Even notable players like Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg, and legendary slugger Sammy Sosa couldn’t save […]
Viktor Frankl was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist. He was also a Holocaust survivor. In 1945, he, his wife, and his parents were sent to the Theresienstadt Ghetto in Czechoslovakia. As Frankl was transferred to a variety of concentration camps, he and his family became separated. Tragically, they all perished, while Frankl was saved by Allied forces in […]
It’s mid afternoon. Thomas walks up to you and says, “Can we talk for a minute?” Surprised, you invite them in to talk. Your mind starts running through the possible things they could want to discuss. You hope it’s just an innocent question as you have that meeting in 15 minutes. As your mind races, […]
