Struggling to deliver on your strategy? Lack of urgency in your organization? Watching your competitors do things you’ve thought about but didn’t translate into action? The three questions above address fundamental aspects of business growth. Growth is vital, for if you’re not growing, you’re not succeeding. It’s pleasant to be read more…
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Celebrating an Executive Anniversary
Two out of three executives that step into a new senior position won’t make it to their two year anniversary, according to the Corporate Executive Board, now Gartner. Some of these executives fail spectacularly while the majority quietly struggle. In any case, the effects are devastating to employee engagement and read more…
Dan’s Summer Reading Recommendations
I realize that the start of the Bavarian school holidays doesn’t signal the beginning of summer holidays for the rest of the world, yet is a gentle reminder that the holiday season (whenever you take it) is a great time to recharge, renew and refresh your personal and professional agenda. read more…
Going Slow to Go Fast – Lessons from Herbert Blomstedt
“An unlikely lesson learned about strategy and leadership.” Happy birthday, Herbert Blomstedt and thank you. You’re 90 years old this week and gave me a very important seed2lead that I’ve been profiting from and now it’s time to share my learnings from you with others. Let me explain. You were the guest conductor at read more…
Who’s Doing the Dirty Work In Your Company?
Dave Branam was our next door neighbor, growing up on Main Street in Adel. As a young boy, I used to watch men and women come home from work, (it usually meant supper was soon to be served) and most folks came home looking like they did when they went read more…
Is Kevin Durant the MVP of Vulnerability?
You don’t have to be a basketball fan to appreciate the beauty of the NBA basketball championships that ended Tuesday evening. First class athletes on both teams, playing the game at an almost unimaginable skill level was really human poetry in motion. As fans from both sides either celebrate (provided you’re read more…
Leadership Lessons from the Birth of the Bicycle
Two hundred years ago this week, Karl Freiherr von Drais, took the world’s first bicycle ride from Mannheim (Germany) to the Schwetzinger Inn, a distance of about five miles. Nevermind that Drais’s bicycle, called a Draisine, didn’t have pedals, (pedals weren’t developed for another fifty years); this mode of transportation was a read more…
Use Humor That Helps, Not Hurts Your Business
Laughter reduces stress, anxiety and pain. It’s a sign of intelligence and boosts our sense of well-being. Humor, applied appropriately, increases creativity, commitment and motivation on the job. Ultimately, it benefits business by raising key measures like productivity and innovation. With the case for humor apparently so clear, shouldn’t we make leading with read more…
Why Things Won’t Change Anytime Soon @ United
It’s been nearly six weeks since United Airlines suffered a serious setback to “fly the friendly skies”, with the forcible removed of Dr David Dao on flight 3411. For United executive leadership and stakeholders, it was a nightmare moment that can break even the best of companies. To be fair, CEO Oscar Munoz stepped up to the plate read more…
Tenzin from Tibet
It’s 4 a.m. in San Francisco. Unable to sleep after travelling and working through nine time zones in the past four days, I went down to the front desk to extend my hotel room for another day. The young, soft-spoken night manager handled my request. His English had a footprint read more…