How can an organization stick to its strategy when it may need to wait for a clear sign that the strategy might produce the targeted outcomes? And how can it make sure that it is not sticking to a losing strategy long after it should have been abandoned? I think there are four things you ca…
I made mistakes early in my life by not accurately judging the character and reliability of other people. I was better at evaluating data than individuals. I took far too much at face value. I believed what people told me. And I paid a price for this, sometimes a high price. You may have had…
The holiday of Tu B’Shevat (the 15th of the Hebrew months of Shevat) began after sundown on February 5th. Tu B’Shevat is the birthday of the trees and a celebration of man’s relationship to the earth. Around this time of year, the slumbering trees in Israel begin to bloom, bearing the …
A lot of effort, time, money, and attention go into developing leadership training programs, retreats, classes, webinars, and other formal learning opportunities. But what happens before and after those formal programs has a major impact on the return on training investment — and could be…
Every January, America pauses to honor one of its greatest leaders, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The activist and minister was a moral, spiritual, and political pioneer of the civil rights movement. From his leadership on the Montgomery bus boycott, to his Letter from Birmingham Jail, to his â…
