Make fear your friend

Make fear your friend

Economic uncertainty. Health concerns. Isolation. There are plenty of things to fear in the midst of a pandemic. How can fear hurt your leadership? Can fear be transformed into an amplifier for good?In our latest book, “What Great Teams Do Great: How Ordinary...
Live into new ways of thinking

Live into new ways of thinking

“We do not think ourselves into new ways of living, we live ourselves into new ways of thinking.” ― Richard RohrMind. Blown.Richard Rohr continues to upend my long-held beliefs, and this certainly happened when I read this statement. And it’s...
What Great Teams Do Great: Choice spaces

What Great Teams Do Great: Choice spaces

Susanna is a firefighter and willingly rushes into dangerous situations with her teammates to save others. Asim is a nurse, working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. These examples of individual choices are dramatic, and they may seem more in line with our...
When success is the only option

When success is the only option

Who doesn’t want to succeed? Duh. No one. And there are times when our backs are truly up against the wall, and we recognize that for the organization to exist, failure is not an option.What do you do when you recognize that there really isn’t an...
The problem with problems

The problem with problems

Today’s leaders are problem-solvers. Issues can take a toll when the quandaries pile up or have serious implications. What’s an overwhelmed leader to do? Rethink problems as issues to resolve, not obstacles or unnecessary headaches. It seems like a...