Anyone who juggles a large number of important activities often experiences transitions. Effectively managing this makes a great difference in the quality of your performance. Here are three tips on how to do that well.
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My son and I arrived in Phoenix to 115 degree heat, drove up to Monument Valley, over to the Grand Canyon and then the Hoover Dam. All the while temperatures were at least 105. But none of these days reached the record-breaking heat that the workers on the dam experienced their first summer on the
My son, Gabe, and I are preparing for our annual father-son trip. This year, we will be in the American southwest. You can see our planned route above, starting in Phoenix, Arizona, and ending up in San Francisco, California. Along the way we will be visiting Canyon de Chelly, still being farmed by Native Americans
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Reporting from the Grand Canyon, here are two tools I use in the Visionary Leadership Academy (VLA): (1) the 3 Circles of Self-balance, and (2) the the 3 Circles of Visionary Leadership.
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My son and I visited the V Bar V petroglyphs outside Sedona, Arizona, Saturday. The rock walls contained over 1,000 of these ancient pictures, many on top of each other. We were greeted by a guide who used the contraption shown in the image above to explain to us how a handful of the pictures
General Stanley McChrystal’s book, Team of Teams, remains one of the best books on how to transform your organization so it shifts the focus from efficiency (which remains important but not primary) to adapting to complexity and continuous change. Stories are riveting. Lessons are clearly detailed. Addresses issues that include communication, trust, moving from silos
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Discussing “marquee customers” with Bill Lee, who runs the Center for Customer Engagement, and puts on the annual Summit on Customer Engagement.
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My daughter Ruchi celebrated her fifth grade promotion this week. When I was in fifth grade we didn’t have a “promotion.” It’s like a graduation, preparing the youngsters for sixth grade. For one evening, Ruchi dressed up and put on a special dress. She was all smiles. Not the norm for a 14-year-old! I ran
The 3 elements of visionary leadership: self-transformation, strategic foresight, and leading change.
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My son, Gabe, and I are preparing for our annual father-son trip. This year, we will be in the American southwest. You can see our planned route above, starting in Phoenix, Arizona, and ending up in San Francisco, California. Along the way we will be visiting Canyon de Chelly, still being farmed by Native Americans
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