Reflections on Leadership

Reflections on Leadership

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What does “winning” mean to you as a leader? What is a leader’s role in creating a winning culture and organization? How do leaders create a clear strategy and connection...

Patrick Adam Podcast - A Chain of Learning

Recently I was on The Lean Solutions podcast with Patrick Adams. Patrick and I are good friends, this is my third time as a guest on his podcast and I...

2nd Year Anniversary of Learning to Lead Leading to Learn

It’s been two years since the release of the print edition of Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn – and a year since the audiobook’s release! To celebrate this milestone,...

Top 5 Trends to Track in the Future Work

In early 2022, I was invited by Authority Magazine to contribute to an interview series called The Great Resignation & The Future Of Work. I was asked to share my...

Enough Already Podcast: How to Use Your Love for Learning to Take Bigger Risks with Betsy Jordyn

How do you start creating learning organizations and leaders who are learners? If you’re a consultant or coach who works with organizations, how can you consider these best practices as...

Interview with Jamie Flinchbaugh - People Solve Problems - Blog Post Title Cover

As leaders, should we be solving all the problems all the time? What are our problems to own? When, instead, should we be coaching other people to solve problems? And...

Be a Katalyst - Accelerating your learning to lead with intention

What does it mean to be a Katalyst™? And how can you accelerate the rate of learning in your organization? In today’s post you can learn more about what “kata”...

The concept of fear and unfear is important when it comes to people-centered learning, and something we should all be thinking about in our organizations if we want to achieve...

Revitalize Purpose in Yourself & in Your People

The pandemic has changed everything. We all know that. We can all feel it. It’s forced us to change the way we engage with each other, how we lead and...

Japan - A Roundup and a Celebration of Learning

It’s hard to believe that it’s been two years since my last trip to Japan, and just over seven years since my family moved to Tokyo for a life-changing 18-month...

Hansei Checking Assumptions and Making the adjustments

When you and your people do a debrief or “post-mortem” at the end of a project or initiative, what does it look like? Very often in debriefs, we stay at...

Interview with Karyn Ross - The Kind Leader

What does kindness mean? How can you become kinder this year? And, importantly, how can you become kinder while you increase your learning at the same time? These are just...

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