Walking through Greenwich Village a few weeks ago on my way to a client’s office, I came upon the Paparazzi Dogs pictured above. Canines wielding cameras! It was a welcome and fun diversion on my journey. I took the time to take in each one of the sculptures. These whimsical characters really caught my eye. […]
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This is an extremely simple and elegant framework for identifying what needs to be done to get better results.
Be inspired by the thought-provoking, presentations by the graduates of my current Visionary Leadership Academy as they present their final projects to kick off my second Hackathon. You and your team will have the opportunity to get creative together, collaborate with teams from other associations – all to come up with new ideas and strategies
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July 4 I was walking through The Mission in San Francisco, admiring the street murals. We turned the corner to head up to Dolores Park, It was a beautiful day and there were at least 1,000 people gathered there to dance and party together. On 18th Street, there in front of us was El Edificio
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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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