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Leader-Leader: Are You Ready For It?
Traditional management follows the Leader-Follower paradigm. Hierarchal, top down, clear accountability. Leader-Leader is about shared responsibility, collaboration, innovation and is based upon the belief that…
January 30, 2025
Nec Aspera Terrent
Nec Aspera Terrent loosely translated means ‘fear not difficulty’ or more directly ‘rough things do not terrify’ and is the motto of both the American…
January 14, 2025
The Secret Superpower of Success
Learn this and you will go far, no matter what your field or chosen endeavor. Ignore it and you will never reach your fullest potential.…
December 3, 2024
I Woke Up in America
When I get that polite “How are you?” greeting, I frequently reply “I woke up in America and that is a great start to any…
November 28, 2024
Speaking Gently: Three Gates Plus a 4th
The great Sufi poet, Rumi, believed that before we speak, our words should pass through three gates: Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it…
November 12, 2024
Reach for the Broom
Are you willing to step up when the need arises? When the call comes, do you step forward? Raise your hand and say, ‘I will’?…
September 24, 2024
What We Need is a Bigger Hammer…NOT!
The ‘Bigger Hammer’ approach is simplistic thinking that blithefully assumes that more of the same, just increasing intensity or scale, will work. It is a…
June 27, 2024
Difficulties in Telling Truth to Power… even when Power Wants to Listen
I recently managed to lose $12 million dollars in just over two years. Since the biggest mistake is the one you don’t learn from, I…
June 25, 2024
I Have Trust Issues
I made the statement ‘I Have Trust Issues’ in semi jest replying to an inquiry as to why The Collier Companies always self manages its real…
June 6, 2024
Sua Sponte
Sua sponte is Latin for ‘of their own accord’ and refers to action taken without formal prompting. While the phrase is a term of art…
May 30, 2024
Your Actions Tell the True Story
I was struggling with a performance situation once and a therapist told me “Listen to the Behavior.” That was a powerful insight for me in…
April 18, 2024