When I conduct leadership workshops, I’ll break people up into small groups and ask them to describe their organization’s culture in exactly 6 words. This is […]

Notes from my sabbatical The Growth-Impact Model is a tool for assessing the current status of an organization against its goals, plans, and budget, as well […]

Have you heard the inane platitude that hope is not a strategy? You might even have heard it from leaders where you work. Fair enough. But […]

Jon Gordon advises that you choose one word to be your focus for each year. He’s even written a book about it: One Word that will […]

This was my wife’s Microsoft screensaver a few days ago. It reminded me of this paradox: There are, give or take, 7.7 billion people on Earth. […]

Leaders Know When to Give Hugs when Managers Give Answers  I’d been sitting with a hospitalized relative late one night and went out into the […]

No on ever complains of back pain because they get patted on the back too often! I recently had to have some work done on my […]

These two trees are like an old married couple. They’ve been intertwined like this for more than 30 years. For the most part they get along […]

This is Rocky. Don’t let the name mislead you. Rocky is terrified of our 8 pound cat so there’s no hint of Rocky Balboa in him. […]

I once had a conversation with an attorney who specializes in representing people who’d won the lottery. I’d read an article in which he’d said 3-of-5 […]

In January 1941, as Europe and Asia were engulfed in war, a war that within the year would draw in the United States, President Franklin D. […]

About 20 years ago I organized a Never Fear Never Quit conference. Two of our speakers were Alan Hobson and Jamie Clark. They’d written an inspirational […]

Because the first edition of this book was so well-received at the 2023 conference of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) earlier this year, I’m […]

I appreciate the responses to my recent post on how a Near Drowning Experience cemented my decision to block of the next seven months to take […]