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Winston Churchill famously said: “You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.” This time of change is bringing us many ‘barking Continue Reading →
Tools for Leadership in Times of Change
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Winston Churchill famously said: “You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.” This time of change is bringing us many ‘barking Continue Reading →
When I was still fairly fresh out of business school I was asked to prepare a strategic business plan for a half billion dollar pan-European technology company. The industry was Continue Reading →
After we have grounded ourselves and made clear sense of the situation, the next step in using change to become stronger is to find more options to move forward. In a Continue Reading →
When pianist Keith Jarrett arrived at the Köln / Cologne opera house in 1975 he found that the wrong piano had been put on stage for him. It was an Continue Reading →
Sigmund Freud thought that sometimes the memories of things that happened to us in our childhoods returned to mess up our lives when we get older. But for Carl Jung Continue Reading →
A time of change can sometimes bring us unwanted emotions: frustration, anger, fear, and sadness. When this happens our first response is often to want these emotions to go away. But Continue Reading →
A time of change is bound to bring us challenges. Sometimes, in frustration, we might wish those problems would go away. But in our work, the challenges we face are Continue Reading →
Steve Jobs was an imperfect human being like the rest of us. But during his short life he managed to achieve more of the goals he set himself than many Continue Reading →
Benjamin Franklin was a successful inventor, printer, author, scientist, postmaster, humorist, civic activist, statesman, diplomat, and politician. He was also a Founding Father of the United States. How did he Continue Reading →
We’ve seen how even just looking for the opportunities in a situation builds the inspiration that is so essential in a time of change and puts us back in control. Ten years Continue Reading →