Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Management Development, Motivation, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
“… there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. Nicolo Machiavelli – 1505 A few years ago, I spent a day helping a company...
Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Management Development, Motivation, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
A few years ago I facilitated a one-week leadership seminar for a very senior group of Federal managers. This is a group who is on the cusp of promotion to the Senior Executive Service (SES). Members of the SES serve in the key positions just below the top...
Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Motivation, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
In my management courses, we always use the Three-Legged Stool of Great Performance™ to assess how well employees are doing. Skill issues are fixed with training, will issues with motivation, and focus through coaching. In theory, it’s pretty easy to diagnose a...
Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Motivation, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
If you know me, you also know I’m not a big math and science guy. In fact, back in my 7th Grade math class, I was in “Group 3” which was the group for all the math dummies. Interestingly enough though, I managed to get a “B” in my college physics class back in 1986...
Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
Back during the Great Recession of 2008, I did quite a bit of outplacement work. It was ugly stuff, being paid by companies to lay off employees. I always felt bad for those on the list. In some cases they saw the signs and were already preparing. Others were a...
Always Compete, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Growth, Motivation, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
This past week I finished reading Pete Carroll’s book Win Forever. Now if you don’t know who Pete Carroll is, he is the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks football team. Before that, he spent nearly 10 years as head coach of the University of Southern...
