When I was 4 or 5 years old, I remember sitting at the top of the curly slide waiting for my big sister to slide down with me. I really wanted to go by myself but was too afraid. Then, one day I decided I was done sliding as a duo. I was going to […] Read more… Read More»
Many American journalists and politicians point proudly to the great innovations that routinely spring forth from America’s businesses, large and small. These same people also rail about the need to improve the performance of America’s students on standardized assessment tests. Why do they celebrate innovation and ingenuity in America’s businesses, and then demand that our […] Read more… Read More»
Times are changing. If you are reading this, you probably sense it. And business has to change, we need to “ExchangeGain.” To effectively lead, engage and create loyalty we have to connect with employees as… people. Knowing how and where to start, however, can seem daunting for an organization. In Shawn Murphy’s recent […] Read more… Read More»
Have you ever noticed how when someone tells us they’ve been really busy with work, we automatically interpret this as being a bad thing? Certainly, no one associates having a lot of work to do with sunshine, love, happiness or any other positive experience. In many ways, this is a natural product of both our […] Read more… Read More»
Whether you work in a startup or are working your way up the corporate ladder, to succeed you’ll have to learn the art of managing up. During a performance review early in my career, my manager told me I was “good at managing up”… and I had no idea what he was talking about. At […] Read more… Read More»
You can criticize, condemn and complain or imagine, inspire and innovate. Your choice will determine your destiny. – Deepak Chopra The need to go from NOW to HOW is critical. Leadership starts with our ability to imagine, inspire, innovate and communicate forward. Hope lies in not simply playing to strengths, but to seizing every challenge, […] Read more… Read More»
In the 1990s, we Boomers were fretting over a previous economic downturn and whether or not the Internet was a passing fad (another golden age of myopia). At that time, management thinker, Charles Handy, told a memorable story as an analogy for change in his book ‘The Age of Unreason’. A tribe of South American […] Read more… Read More»
I think it’s a safe assumption, unless you’re a narcissistic sociopath, that people want a better society and want to contribute to that goal in some fashion. There is plenty of frustration and uncertainty to go around in nearly every country. Social tensions permeate every aspect of our world and it is in the best […] Read more… Read More»
“What comes to mind when you hear the phrase ‘Millennial overachiever’?”, I asked my friends. One friend replied, “You, Jenny. You’re an overachiever.” According to the loose stereotype, the “Millennial overachiever” is someone who tries always to be a superstar at work, wants to do more in a day than most do in a week, […] Read more… Read More»
Dear Enterprise Leader, I’ve got some terrible news for you. Your best talent isn’t good enough to compete. Better talent is at work right across town, in an over-crowded garage at the house of some tiny firm’s founder. Unlike your mammoth offices, this garage is full of energy, excitement, and – here’s the worst part […] Read more… Read More»
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