Influence is a team pursuit
Publication: Collaborative Leadership | Stakeholder Relationships | Team Influence
Former Chief of Staff of the US Army, General Eric Shinseki, once remarked: “If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less.” We all know we are living in a changing world, where your ability to progress is often dictated by your response to change (initiated by others), as well as your […]
What’s your recipe for progress?
Publication: Collaborative Leadership | Spirited Conversations | Team dynamics
Like many others, during our recent period of lock-down, I started baking again. Some efforts were successful, and others less so. The most challenging was trying to make sourdough bread! My husband, Craig, and I tried lots of different recipes. Some long. Some short. Some complicated. Some easy. All with varying degrees of success. In […]
Nice guys don’t finish last!
Publication: Collaborative Leadership | Influential Behavior | Positive Culture | Relationship Building | Workplace Kindness
There’s a famous saying “Nice guys finish last”. It’s widely attributed to a US baseball legend Leo Durocher who spent many years as manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants. It’s a saying that has entered popular lexicon. It implies that to be successful you should only look after yourself. It suggests that for […]