On Monday you will be told this is the decision. On Tuesday, after you’ve already called a meeting and informed your people of the decision, you will be told it has been changed. Now you look...

In fast-moving teams and organizations, speed is often more important than perfection. A bias towards action is key: a good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan that takes to...

Stepping into an executive role means signing up for a mix of responsibility, pressure, and constant tests of your focus. This isn’t a job you can, or should, handle alone. Executives who try to do...

A common mistake in leadership and planning is to treat direction, goals, and strategy as interchangeable. In reality, these are distinct concepts that build on one another. Blurring the lines betw...

Winning as a team is critical to building momentum and confidence. However, the real growth comes not just from shared victories, but from surviving failures together. Growth is often most clearly ...

I call this R3 — right rooms, right people, right topics. It’s a filter I run before accepting or scheduling any meeting, and it’s killed more useless calendar entries than any productivity hack I’...

Right now, more than ever, we don’t have the luxury of working the way we used to. With challenging business conditions on the horizon, the days of allowing things to “take the time they need” are ...

One thing a leader must always do is cast vision. Constantly. “If the last time you casted your vision was yesterday, you’re overdue.” I’ve learned, and have been reminded recently, that gaps...

One of the most important takeaways from The 5 Levels of Leadership is the Care and Candor Checklist. This is often a critically missing element in many people as they become leaders, and it can be...

Building a high-performing team is all about balance, ensuring that each individual’s strengths complement the others and that together, they form a cohesive whole. One of the most effective tools ...