In my book, Feet to the Fire, I discuss the different facets of leadership and how to successfully navigate a variety of challenges. We explore what it means to model personal accountability and how to hold others to account.
One facet of leadership is productivity. Harnessing productivity is key to achieving the important balance of structure and efficiency. Done right, you and your team can take much more control over your time and achieve more in fewer hours.
When we work many hours and think, “I just need to send one more email or I just need to make one more phone call,” we drift through our days in a way that is less powerful.
A skilled leader stands at the summit and inspires others to traverse what may be a treacherous path to join him or her. He or she identifies the obstacles that may be encountered along the trail while providing encouragement and a sense of urgency…
Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock and I are completely aligned on creating accountable practices for talent development. BlackRock follows an annual succession process as outlined in my book Feet to the Fire. This process is scalable and as effective for a small not-for-profit as it is for a multi-billion dollar conglomerate.
There’s been a really interesting shift across the planet. Consumers are placing more trust in the Airbnb person who has a photo (that may not even be theirs) on a website, than they do in the Four Seasons, which is …
Every leader I meet with really and truly wants to create more innovation and wants to embrace people’s ideas. Sometimes it gets locked down and knocked down in so much of the bureaucracy and the processes that exist within organizations. Here is what I see that is most effective.
Under a brilliant blue sky on a January day, I was reminded of both some of the smartest and some detracting business practices that I observe with clients.
The alarm has been sounded. George Soros, in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, commented, As Facebook and Google have grown into ever more powerful monopolies, they have become obstacles to innovation and they … Read More
In late 2017, I asked clients and some of my friends for their most-loved book of the year. Here are a few of the popular ones. Enjoy.
As we emerge from the holiday season, many are reflecting upon and in some cases, concerned about, some of the surprises of 2017. These included political mishandlings, a surge in sexual harassment claims and continued acts of terrorism that can generate fear and fuel intolerance and feelings of superiority…
