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Four Thoughts on Teamwork
#1 “In teamwork, silence is not golden, it’s deadly.” — Mark Sanborn #2 “What we need to do is learn to work in the system,…
January 5, 2012
Time to START
Time to start what? Time to start thinking about your roles and goals for the coming year. It is mere days until the New Year.…
December 20, 2011
It’s the System, Silly
Sufficient credit often is not given for the supporting system in the success or failure of a business or enterprise. A recent case is the…
December 15, 2011
100,000 Americans Die…
100,000 Americans die each year from hospital-acquired infections, many passed on by hospital workers from sinks and hand sanitizer dispensers inside and outside patient rooms.…
December 13, 2011
They Had No Right to Win
“They had no right to win. Yet they did, and in doing so they changed the course of a war…even against the greatest of odds,…
December 8, 2011
After-Action Report
How to maximize learning from an experience? How to wring out every little bit of knowledge possible of every significant situation or major event? Too…
December 6, 2011
Not My Job vs. 360-Degree Awareness
Every organization has its weaknesses, known failure paths where danger lurks and breakdowns tend to happen. If you have any knowledge of human frailties, if…
December 1, 2011
Matrix Reporting Relationships Explained (aka Dotted-Line Responsibility)
We live in a complex world. Few things are easy or simple, and if they were, they would already have been done. In business, matrix…
November 22, 2011
What Gets In Your Way?
Presuming – you know what you want in life – you’ve taken the time to think things through – come up with a “roles and…
November 8, 2011
It’s the Mind That Matters
“Physically, there is not much difference between No. 78 in the world and Nos. 2, 3, 1, and 5,” said Novak Djokovic, the top-ranked men’s…
November 3, 2011
Hard Work Required
“I think he finally got the message that he’s got a lot of talent and he has a lot of ability but without the work,…
October 25, 2011