Getting the Truth: What A Novel Idea!

In 1987, two British scientists announced that they could create fusion at room temperature. Scientists around the world began working with this reporting, only…

The Outlier!

When using the term ‘outlier’ as it pertains to statistics, it’s defined as ‘a data point on a graph or in a set of results that is very much bigger or smaller than…

Facts Aren’t Always Enough

You can drown a doubting person in facts, but if their mind doesn’t want to be changed, facts won’t matter. In fact, more facts will only make a shaking head shake…

Power + Influence = Bandwidth!

I’m still amazed at how many people I visit with that think they have neither power nor influence. Helping them understand that it’s impossible not to have either…

Catch 22!

A ‘Catch 22’ is defined as a dilemma or difficult circumstance from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting or dependent conditions. Let me illustrate…

Entitlement is Optional!

It’s not forced on us, it’s something we choose, and we rarely benefit from that choice. That emergency surgery, the one that saved your life, when the ruptured…

Waffle House!

It seems as if there’s been a Waffle House near where I’ve ever lived for as long as I can remember. Over the years, it has continued to be my favorite place to have breakfast. I don’t eat breakfast every day like I used to growing up as a kid, but when I do, Waffle

The Drama Triangle: A Short Fable

Joan, the town gossip and self-appointed supervisor of the community’s morals, kept sticking her nose into other people’s business. Several local residents were unappreciative of her behaviors but feared her enough to stay silent. However, Joan made the mistake of recently accusing George, a local man, of being an alcoholic after she saw his pickup

Leadership: Effective or Efficient?

Effectiveness has always been a driver of leadership and business success, particularly since Peter Drucker formulated the rules and required “habits of thought” in 1967’s The Effective Executive. This book had an enormous impact on business leaders with Drucker identifying that doing the right thing was the key to effectiveness. He clarified the why of

What are you willing to give up to lead effectively?

The Marketplace is evolving faster and with more complexity, which means keeping up is getting harder and more complex, as well. Workplace environments are still bogged down by meeting after meeting, with the most recent data indicating the majority of those meetings are unnecessary. A recent survey of 182 senior managers in a range of