2014 was (to put it mildly) a very difficult year for me. Then, in January 2015, I got a call sharing some bad news. It struck me how relieved I was to hear this bad news. When I thought about why I felt so relieved, I realized that compared to the news I actually expected and was […]
It’s not a secret that one of the biggest problems businesses face is the lack of purposeful and well-built teams. Round up the usual suspects the gendarme ordered in the famous line from the movie “Casablanca.” And frequently, that is how executives think when they create teams, committees, or task forces. The boss says or […]
Leaders who strive to be significant, have a high level of curiousness and commitment to learning and seek to create, have the greatest impact and influence to inspire others. These talented people have differed widely in their personality traits and life stories. Some have been charismatic, some very modest. Others come from poor backgrounds, while […]