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The Mysterious Alchemy of Teams
The best performing group isn’t necessarily the one with the smartest people in it. Team Performance is a lot like happiness: success is best brought…
March 5, 2020
Better is better than Best
Business (and Life) is a multi-player, multi-move game that is never ending, where new players can enter the game at any time and the rules…
March 3, 2020
Failure: Stepping Stone to Success?
Can failure be a GOOD thing? Yes, certainly, but with caveats! Demanding perfection is a prescription for paralysis and the only way to never fail…
February 18, 2020
Good Failure; Bad Failure
How can failure be good? The answer lies in the distinction between Good Failure and Bad Failure: – Good Failure comes from a “Good Heart/Awake…
February 13, 2020
Kind Learning v. Wicked Learning Environments
Kind learning environments are those where the rules are relatively simple, known, and there is close relationship between effort and outcome, action and results. Most…
January 23, 2020
Forget New Year’s Resolutions
Better a small promise kept than a larger one broken. Most New Year’s Resolutions fail because they are lofty goals with insufficient foundation. If it…
January 2, 2020
Questions for the Chair – Part 5
Periodically NSC holds lunches with Collier Company Team Members who send in questions. The following are drawn from those events. 1. Sir, I see all…
December 12, 2019
70:20:10
70:20:10 is a straightforward formula created in the 1980’s to describe the sources of successful learning experiences. 70:20:10 represents the ratio of knowledge obtained from…
December 3, 2019
A DAY OF THANKS, A MOMENT OF PERSPECTIVE
“The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving.” —…
November 28, 2019
Mentor’s Reply to Young Entrepreneur’s Questions (#22)
Hello Mr. Collier, I hope everything is going well for you. When you get some time can you please answer the below questions? Thank you!…
November 27, 2019
Questions for the Chair – Part 4
Periodically NSC holds lunches with Collier Company Team Members who send in questions. The following are drawn from those events. Love seeing TCC embrace the…
November 21, 2019