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I have a physician friend who in the past has worked in a small group practice, and is now part of a very large practice with management of a CEO and Vice Presidents. As we caught up over lunch, he expressed concern over the challenges of not only creating behavior change within an organization, but […]

This week I am getting ready to make my annual trip to the Global Institute of Leadership Development (GILD) in Palm Desert, and I have a wonderful group of leaders I will be coaching, as I do each year, as part of the Institute. In today’s post I want to quickly discuss leadership in general, and […]

In my last post I talked about the Open Door Policy as a way to create more availability and connection. I suggested that the “drop- in” meeting might not be the best way to foster the connection that creates high performance and leadership. Today I would like to talk about meetings that are regular and […]

As I continue to write and to talk with leaders, I am struck by the continued bafflement about how to move from being reactive to proactive which is what has inspired today’s post. I have heard many executives define the culture of their organization as reactive vs. pro-active.  They have expressed a desire for more […]

Our last blog post, Is Collaboration Worth the Time and Effort? elicited some great comments. My initial intention was to discuss partnership and collaboration as a means for creating greater success, both in implementation of current strategic plans and in innovation for expansion. In the comments that I received people spoke of joint writing projects […]

Recently, an executive in a global business said over dinner, “I hate collaboration”! If you have said that and have felt held back by the need to work with another when it seems that things would move more quickly if alone, then this is for you.

Lately, many of my conversations with clients have been around how to develop new ways to enhance everything from sales to executive leadership. For today’s post I thought I would focus on two areas: Presenting the essentials for creating a focus on engagement as a methodology and as a new frontier for creating results and […]

Many of you have noticed that we took a break for awhile in our postings. The past couple of months have been a fast-growing time for me and I want to share a bit of what has been happening since it definitely involved flexibility and a steep learning curve, which embodies the phrase “best laid plans” […]

In the last two weeks there have been several conversations about change and about the changing organization of companies, sometimes from within and sometimes because of mergers or acquisitions. How does an acquired company remain viable and exciting enough to create a lasting positive impact and be recognized as a business expander?