Leadership
Oh #$&%!
“You’ve got to hear this story,” he said excitedly. I was meeting with the owner of a local chain of luxury auto detail and repair shops. “When I started the business,” he said, “I knew some people I had taken Read more…
Management
Hiring for Character Flaws
She shifted in her seat and looked at me uncomfortably as she tried to answer my question. As a corporate recruiter from a successful software company, she has expertise and experience, and was kind enough to share both with me as Read more…
Leadership
Beware of the Split
He was doing his best to choke back his emotion. I sat in silence and waited. We were at a local coffee shop. It was early afternoon and the lunch crowd was thinning out, but there were still plenty of Read more…
Organizational Health
Can Women Be Vulnerable in the Workplace?
My husband had just come home from one of the first national conferences dedicated to organizational health. When I asked about the conference, he answered with a quizzical, almost confused expression on his face. “One of the best parts,” he Read more…
Leadership
How Weakness Can Strengthen Your Leadership
This was not my first rodeo. I had led teams before. But this was a brand new industry for me and my first time leading a sales organization. I was also a member of the family that owned and operated Read more…
Leadership
From One Dad to Another
Fatherhood has been the most challenging part of my life, by far. Trying to lead my family as my small children grow up has taught me things about myself that have deeply shamed and scared me to death, as well Read more…
Organizational Health
Is Your Networking “Not-Working?”
He was middle aged, but slim and smartly dressed, maybe late forties. He was in a grey suit, expensive, with a neutral tie. He had on stylish brown wing-tip shoes and incongruously colorful socks. We were in a suburban bank. It Read more…
Leadership
Leadership Starts Under the Hood
It seems that some people are born to lead, but I felt doomed by my background to not be one of those shining stars. When I read about people like Alexander the Great, Marcus Aurelius, Caesar, Napoleon, Churchill, Washington or Read more…
Leadership
Are You a Closet Extrovert?
Hi, my name is Matt and I’m an recovering extrovert. I’m also a closet personality profile taker. I LOVE taking personality profile tests to learn what kind of person I am: DiSC (High D and I), Myers Briggs (ENFP), Kolbe, Read more…
Organizational Health
How to Be Undisruptable
Disruptive innovation is a hot button concept today in business. Are you prepared for disruptive competition? Can you survive market disruption? Which industry will fall victim to disruptive innovation next? Innovation and disruption are not necessarily bad things; they usually Read more…