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Lessons from the Emergency Room December 15, 2021 Emotional Intelligence No comments

Our holiday weekend started out like most. The lawn was moved, cars washed, the deck washed for a family gathering in the afternoon. Then it hit. It sounded something akin to the primal roar of a wounded animal, followed by the telltale “splash” of someone’s innards being turned inside out. A rough experience for anyone, but particularly so for someone just a couple years short of his 90th birthday. My father in law – “The Hammer”.

This continued for close to an hour before we headed off to ...

Leading without Positional Power December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Diagnostics, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance, Positive Deviance

The Starfish and the Spider+Employees First

Leaderless organizations are everywhere. If you don’t find ways to include everyone on your team, you may soon be the one sitting on the bench.

After reading a bio of one of my business heroes, Vineet Nayar I decided to read his favorite book The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations by Ori Brafman and Rod A. Beckstrom. Vineet was the CEO of HCL Technologies at the time and has been recognized as one of the top business thinkers in the world today...

What is the difference between Change and Transformation? December 15, 2021 Association Insights, Emotional Intelligence

Change Begins when we see with a new Lens

I managed athletic clubs for many years in my twenties and thirties, and without exception those who were unsuccessful in accomplishing their goals tried to change what they did without first changing how they saw themselves. Changing what we do is only temporary unless we first manage to change what we see. Change happens from without, transformation happens from within. These are not “put on our happy face” platitudes, but the most important skills you will ever re-learn...