• Episode 4: Assumptions

    Most operating decisions rest on assumptions, even data-backed ones. In this episode, develop skillfulness with your own assumptions and those of others.

    Most operating decisions rest on assumptions, even data-backed ones. In this episode, develop skillfulness with your own assumptions and those of others.

  • The pause is an important and often overlooked step in conflict prevention.

    Learning conflict resolution created an unexpected gift: the capacity to prevent conflict before it starts. The pause is where that prevention lives.

    Learning conflict resolution created an unexpected gift: the capacity to prevent conflict before it starts. The pause is where that prevention lives.

  • When shock scatters you into pieces, the responsibilities of leadership sit waiting. This post names the paradox honestly – and what actually helps.

    When shock scatters you into pieces, the responsibilities of leadership sit waiting. This post names the paradox honestly – and what actually helps.

  • Episode 1: Abundance

    Abundance thinking isn't optimism – it's a practical leadership skill. In this episode, discover what blocks it and how cultivating it changes organizational results.

    Abundance thinking isn't optimism – it's a practical leadership skill. In this episode, discover what blocks it and how cultivating it changes organizational results.

  • Choosing the Scope of Work or the Objectives

    RFPs often contain inconsistencies between what a client wants to accomplish and what they actually ask for. Skilled consultants know how to find them.

    RFPs often contain inconsistencies between what a client wants to accomplish and what they actually ask for. Skilled consultants know how to find them.

  • Organizational Health and Balance

    Organizational wellness is not about employee fitness programs. It is about the health of the organization itself, and it directly drives performance.

    Organizational wellness is not about employee fitness programs. It is about the health of the organization itself, and it directly drives performance.

  • Cognitive Dissonance - what it is and what to do about it

    Cognitive dissonance is one of the biggest barriers to organizational health. Understanding how it works is the first step toward getting beyond it.

    Cognitive dissonance is one of the biggest barriers to organizational health. Understanding how it works is the first step toward getting beyond it.

  • Align Expectations with Resources and Rules for Best Outcomes

    Organizations create rules to support their goals – then sometimes create other rules that quietly undermine them. A simple school-night story makes the pattern impossible to miss.

    Organizations create rules to support their goals – then sometimes create other rules that quietly undermine them. A simple school-night story makes the pattern impossible to miss.

  • Positive Change

    Even wanted, positive change brings loss and disorientation. Knowing this in advance is what helps people move through the new reality rather than retreat.

    Even wanted, positive change brings loss and disorientation. Knowing this in advance is what helps people move through the new reality rather than retreat.

  • Working Cooperatively Requires Boundaries

    Working well with others is expected in every organization – yet personal boundaries, the foundation of genuine cooperation, remain a surprisingly taboo subject in team development.

    Working well with others is expected in every organization – yet personal boundaries, the foundation of genuine cooperation, remain a surprisingly taboo subject in team development.