Is Your Expertise Getting in Your Way?

One of the most stimulating things about my work is the opportunity to work with incredibly smart people.  From academics with advanced degrees and brilliant research in their areas of study to rocket scientists, engineers, lawyers, doctors, bankers, military and...

3 Mindshifts Successful Leaders Make

My latest article in Forbes: If you’re like most of the leaders I work with, you are considered a high achiever. You take pride in doing what you do and you do it well. You are conscientious, smart, hard-working and you take personal responsibility for the high...

How do I Judge Thee? Let Me Count the Ways…

Most of us like to think that we are open-minded.  We see ourselves as relatively open to new ideas, perspectives, and ways of doing things.  When I ask people in workshops or teambuilding sessions how “open” they think they are—very rarely do I get someone who...

The Secret to Making a Successful & Lasting Change

Most of the leaders I work with are either in the midst of a major job transition from one role to another with more scope and responsibility, or are trying to make a change of some sort. A change in their day-to-day behaviors, their interpersonal relationships, how...

Leading Change? Don’t Forget this Part…

You are a senior leader in an organization and have been newly promoted into an executive role.  You have been rewarded for your incredibly hard work, strategic thinking, initiative, limitless energy, and “can-do” attitude.  You are told that you are just the right...