Decisiveness may look courageous. We admire leaders who have the instincts to decode complexities and say, "Here's what we should do. Follow me." We're uncomfortable in the neutral zone, unsure and a bit overwhelmed. But, the decisiveness we admire can often be premature. It may lead us astray, even when we convince ourselves that doing something is better than waiting. [...]
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Sometimes genius comes with rough edges. Especially when a go-to playmaker is hungry to step up, reach out, seize opportunities before they get away and make a difference. And when they're really good at making the big play, solving big problems and bringing a deal over the finish line. If you’ve got a real go-getter on your team whose drive [...]
Of course, you seek feedback - from boards, advisors, panels, coaches, mentors - so you can lift your game and make the most of opportunities before they get away? But what happens when the input you get isn’t what you hoped to hear? Take this Appetite + Readiness assessment to see if you have the courage to profit from feedback [...]
If you truly have a game-changing disruptive elegant innovation, your enterprise is going to get some people really excited. And it's going to make some people mighty uncomfortable. Including, perhaps, some of the very followers you need to mobilize so they support, approve or champion your innovation. And pay for what it's worth, so you keep the promises you made [...]
If you’re in and out of new teams all the time, you can’t afford to wait for each team's development to take its own sweet time. If you’re in a competitive or disruptive business, you can’t settle for comfortable risk-averse norms that compromise, rather than optimize, performance. If you're an innovator with channel partners, manufacturing partners or development partners [...]
Einstein's definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Reports say that coach after coach tried to advise Carson how to adjust his footwork, his downfield gaze, his timing. But, under pressure, he'd revert to the moves that were deep-coded into his muscle memory. Play after play, game after game, same moves, same [...]
Anthony Fauci was awarded Israel's Dan David prize, valued @ $1 million, for speaking truth to power. "He's the consummate model of leadership and impact in public health," the awards committee, affiliated with Tel Aviv University, said in their statement, which recognized Fauci for "courageously defending science in the face of uninformed opposition.” What can we learn from Fauci's leadership [...]
It's easier than ever to get the right people together in the same room. Presto, with a click - and no flights, no jet-lag, no ride-shares, not even an elevator ride - you're face-to-face. And the snacks are better than the office or conference centre - since you can grab something from your own fridge or teapot, before jumping on [...]
Temple University Basketball Coach John Chaney (z"l), who passed at age 89, met adversity head-on, without sugar-coating the truth or blunting its sharp edges. As an educator, as well as a basketball coach, he taught his players how to meet adversity head-on as well. He ennobled, uplifted, cajoled, encouraged his players to achieve their full potential, on and off the [...]
