Improvement and Innovation Over my thirty-seven years as a change consultant, I worked on a lot of improvement and...
Voice of the Customer? Huh?
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Consulting
Consulting Career Choices
Traveling the consulting road? Here’s a map of the choices you will face.
Stop Being “Helpful!”
I always said consultants should be helpful . . . maybe not . . .
Learning from Consultant Jokes
Consulting jokes used to annoy me, but I believe consultants can learn from them
Ancient Trusted Advisor Tales
Every consultant wants to be a “Trusted Advisor.” What can Joseph and Merlin teach us?
Consulting, A Young Person’s Game?
Becoming an Old Hand, partner, consulting senior requires picking a path and learning some capabilities.
Leading
“Do Whatcha Gotta Do”
My second boss taught me an important leadership lesson
Learn to Follow?
Leaders and Followers co-create change. I wish I’d learned earlier to be a better follower.
How Real Leaders Hire Consultants
“Only weak leaders hire consultants” said one CEO. Yet despite some negative views of the professions continue to hire and get results from consultants. Here’s how. . .
On the Horns of a Dilemma
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
How does a leader make the tough calls?
Leading Where? Exactly.
Vision, Urgency, Empathy?
Leadersship is specific to the circumstances requiring it. Why do we keep looking for magic traits?
Time to Improve
“Farm Radio?” I was clueless.
Lessons in finding time to improve from an unusual project
Living
Paradigms Lost
I’m not really a rant-kinda-guy, No, really I’m not . . . but. . .
It’s Thanksgiving, Be Positive!
I try to be more grateful at Thanksgiving even if the world is falling apart at the seams
Halloween and the Celts
Celts, Iron age Europeans were the antecedent celebrators of Halloween
Surance and the Wehn Boys*
Will and Marne raise four boys with some lessons for us all
Life is a Math Problem
Some words of wisdom from my parents fight so long ago.
All things Celtic
My fascination with and lessons from the ancient people of Europe
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