The Email Problem
Let me ask you something. Have you ever attempted to fix or solve a complicated problem with multiple people and parts using only email? Next question… How did that work for you? My guess would be, not very well. Email, while being a very important and productive tool...
Entering the Final Third
Don’t look now but the summer is over! Hard to believe isn’t it? I trust that in our first post covid summer you’ve had the opportunity to take some time off, visit with family and friends, take a well needed vacation, and unplug from the matrix to recharge...
The Sum of Our Habits
I once read a study that said the average person makes roughly 20,000 decisions during the course of a day. Clearly not all of these are life impacting: how much toothpaste you put on the brush, which foot hits the floor first when you get out of bed, ect. The...
Problem vs. Dilemma
As we slowly enter a post-covid economy the modern workplace is fraught with many challenges. Rapid changes in our businesses make it tough to keep up with our own self-inflicted obstacles, let alone keep up with our competition. Market volatility makes it hard to...
The 120 Minute Window
Have you ever noticed that during the natural course of your day there seems to be times where you are just able to get things done? Without much effort at all you put out an enormous amount of high quality-high value work? In these times our productivity levels...
6 Month Review
Seems like only a few weeks ago we were taking down our holiday lights and shoveling snow, now we are making our 4th of July plans? How does that happen so fast? I haven’t gotten used to how fast the time passes these days, but like everyone I’ll just have to...
Lessons From a High School Guidance Counselor
This past weekend I attended a retirement party for my older sister who has worked at the same high school in our hometown of Ann Arbor as a teacher, gymnastics coach and counselor for 32 years. Working anywhere for that length of time is something we probably...
Summer is Here
Memorial day has come and gone and for me that always been the official kick off of summer. There is something about summer that just invokes a feeling of freedom and that anything is possible. I wish I could somehow bottle up that feeling and keep it with me...
Graduation Day 2022
It’s Graduation Season once again. Caps and gowns are everywhere we look, along with a renewed sense of excitement about the future. These annual rituals are a time to celebrate and honor the achievements of the next generation. For parents and relatives...
Grace & Space
I’m excited to be back out on the road these past few months in full force speaking, facilitating and coaching both individuals and organizations. As we’ve all been processing the lessons learned through the pandemic and these first few months of 2022, one...
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