Alpha & Delta & Omicron, Oh My! Leading Your Team Through Another Wave The hits just keep on coming! The classic line from a Few Good Men holds up well…

Preparing For The Future Of Work: Accenture’s Victoria Pelletier On The Top Five Trends To Watch In The Future Of Work Empathy and compassion. Leadership must be empathetic. Leaders who…

Lessons from American Football: Culture and Commitment While I don’t follow college football like many of the people around me, I can’t help but notice all the talk about 2021…

Diversity creates sustainability. An organization that draws its leadership cadre and workers from a diverse pool of talented people, will have the fortitude to weather attrition. If you do not…

The Equity Quest: Developing A Business Plan For Change Almost 60 years after music icon Sam Cooke released his epic single "A Change is Gonna Come," Cooke’s vision of equality…

Fear, Failure, Forward As his battle with cancer was ending, the late, great Steve Jobs said this about fear and failure: "Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most…

Cigarettes, Blowing Smoke, and Social Impact Nine cigarettes. The sea rations that sustained Canadian and American troops at the height of World War Two contained nine name brand cigarettes along…

Overcoming the Revolving Door The scribbled sign on the door said it all: Closed due to staffing shortage. While I’ve become accustomed to seeing this sort of thing at small…

Naming, Mending, Inclusivity Kintsugi is the Japanese art of “Gold Mending.” When a precious ceramic item is damaged, an artisan painstakingly reattaches the pieces with epoxy and then paints the…

First and foremost, one must perform to be successful — in leadership, this is multi-faceted; business results, people results, demonstrated accountability to others. Performing in leadership also means surrounding ourselves…