Let Your Actions Lead Your Attitudes

“There is no microwave version of self-change. You have to commit to it and persist in it”.   Feelings and attitudes are not the same thing. To greater or lesser degrees we are all governed by our feelings.  While we sometime think of feelings as something we cannot control, we can all think of examples ...

Creating Unique Value

“It’s not how hard you work that qualifies you for a pay raise or promotion, it is how you understand and make known the unique value you bring to your organization that truly matters”. While our primary motivation for the work we do within our organizations is not focused on advancing our careers, organizational leaders ...

Ambidextrous Thinking

“Like an optometrist exam, getting your clearest vision often involves trying on a series of different lenses.  Discarding some, keeping and making slight adjustments to others to bring matters into focus”. False dichotomies are named as such because in truth, there is always a continuum in which individual preferences, tendencies and work styles fall. Though ...

Strategic Relationship Building

“You can never truly grow without first making yourself vulnerable – trusting that the reward of learning will outweigh the risk of rejection”   Whether you are in the private or public sector, those of us who work within traditional organizations sometimes think of entrepreneurs as a separate professional species.  Entrepreneurs and employees of traditional ...