Give Me Strength!

How do you handle those toughest of times, when you need all the strength you can muster?  What rock do you stand on?  If you are in a challenging situation, reflect on this…   Whether you run your own business, in which case it all rests on your shoulders, or...

Leaders and Emotions at Work

If you want to change what people do, you need to change what they think. If you want to change their thinking, you have to change how they feel…and underlying feelings is emotions. – Dr. Alan Watkins As a leader – of a corporation, a department, a team, a start-up –...

The Dance of Leadership

It was colleagues at UK business school Ashridge who helped me see how powerful an experiential metaphor for leadership dance can be.  Here’s why.   Interest in Lindy Hop is taking off around the world. So this a good time to revisit a topic that is a key...

Innovators! Here’s Your Secret Weapon

Are you charged with bringing more innovation into your organization? Looking for a new approach, an edge that will keep you in the forefront? Then find your highly sensitive people. This is a secret weapon that not a lot of people are aware of, that will give you an...

Innovation: It’s About Your People

f you are not free to be unique, you are not free to innovate. Innovation. It happens all around us, in large ways and small, every day. And while creativity – coming up with something new – is a necessary component of innovation, innovation is more than “just”...