The Unwanted Stuff

“Forcing yourself to do unwanted stuff is a high friction enterprise. You may feel like it makes you noble but it doesn’t. It just makes you numb.” Thomas J. Leonard The trick is figuring out what is “unwanted stuff.” Busy, Busy, Busy Our workdays are filled with...

Taking Employee Ideas Seriously

The best ideas don’t necessarily come from the executives or research and development. The best ideas can and do come from the front-line employees, if the executive leadership team is willing to listen and implement. As described in this article, AT&T uses a tool...

Leaders and Possibility

If you are a leader, you make things happen. You get things accomplished with people. If you desire to be the best leader you can be, become a possibility thinker.   Possibility thinking allows you to be open to the world and its diversity. New things, creative ideas,...