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S’More Thoughts
S’Mores are delicious…and sticky. They are fun to make…and risky. Sometimes the risk is simply a minor mess. Sometimes it involves intense heat and fire. But the results are sooo worth it.
Consider this collection of musings, insights, and recommended resources as a friendly campfire conversation. More often than not, something shifts as a result of camaraderie around the fire. Some are subtle…others are profoundly life-altering.
These S’More Thoughts are for you. We’re positive you’ll find something meaningfully sticky if you savor a morsel long enough.
Strategic Planning for Leadership
The Importance of Strategic Planning
Strategic planning is all the rage. Turn the page on your favorite business or professional journal and you are likely...
Watch Your Language
Why Language Matters
Language is one of the primary tools of culture. Language is not solely a product of our minds; it also acts upon us, shaping our thinking and...
Fire Breaks: A Time Management Technique
Fire Breaks
As I have noted in other posts, I believe that time management, no matter what your profession, is one of the singular keys to success. This realization early...
New Year’s Habits
Resolutions
I love the New Year! It has always seemed to me to be a fresh start, a clean slate, a chance to reinvent myself. It will not surprise you...
Who Me? Change?
Leadership Pitfalls
There are many pitfalls along the way to leading a successful change initiative. There is the failure to build a "sufficiently powerful guiding coalition" (Kotter, Leading Change), or...
The Key to Success
The Trials of Youth
I have searched since my first days in college for the key to success. My search first began by watching classmates and talking to professors. I...
The Skills of a Turnaround Artist, Part 3
Primary Skills of a Leader
Strategist, Cultural Anthropologist, and Healer.
I would argue that these are the top three skills needed by a leader faced with the task of turning...
The Skills of a Turnaround Artist, Part 2
Cultural Anthropologist
The leader who desires to turn around a dysfunctional organization has no easy task. Nicolo Machiavelli was likely not the first observer to note this, but he forever...
The Skills of A Turnaround Artist
Dysfunction
For as long as I can remember I have been frustrated by ineffective organizations. My first such memory was around age ten when my family moved and we tried...
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