Are Your Employees Filling the Void?
This is one of the questions I ask leaders as I assess the decision culture around them. The inspiration for […]
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What is Menu-Driven and Overly Efficient Thinking Doing to Your Organizational Outcomes?
An exercise I have found most helpful when making decisions is to simply write the word “options” at the top
Are Your Top Performers Saving Others . . . and Misleading You?
As much as they try not to, every leader has their favorites. These people are typically the top performers. They
The Key to Ensuring You Say the Right Thing
I’m sure you’ve been in the situation. You are about to have a conversation where the stakes are pretty high.
Is Your Organization Promoting Fauxductivity?
Over the past several years, we have seen a bunch of made-up terms to illustrate the many changing behaviors of
The Four Things Senior Leaders Do to Influence Meetings
Like you, I’ve sat through hundreds of meetings this year, a few thousand over the past five years and probably
Are Your People Comfortable with Intelligent Disobedience
I have a friend named Andre who is vision-impaired. He has a guide dog named Crimson. Crimson is trained to
Are You Practicing Deliberate Calm?
How do you react when the stress hits the fan? It could be something big, like the website going down
Don’t Make Decisions So Hard!
One of my favorite mental models is Occam’s razor because I spend so much time struggling to follow it. Occam’s
How to Stress an Entire Organization without Really Trying
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