Moving Forward With an Imperfect Plan
The conventional lens puts great emphasis on planning and control. For many good reasons, we plan extensively. Yet there is […]
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What Most People Do Not Do
I wrote a blog entry about being a change agent. In it I suggested that people fall into a conventional […]
Break the Rules
Many years ago a doctoral student shared some of his concerns with me. He felt that he was in prison […]
The Key to Transformation
Managers make conventional assumptions. One of those assumptions is that people will change if they are given a rational explanation […]
Positive Culture and the Common Good
One of the key capacities of a positive leader is the ability to create a positive culture. It begins with […]
Building Positive Organizations
The first assumption of organizational life is that people are self-interested. Many people are fascinated by the notion of positive […]
Adaptive Confidence
The concept of adaptive confidence is a marriage between confidence and humility. People who are confident believe in themselves. They […]
Positive Leadership, Positive Culture
Note: The first part of this passage was posted before. Here a new story has been added. I think the […]
A Leadership Puzzle
A man from a large firm, operating in a highly competitive and fast changing industry, shared a puzzle: “In the […]
Speaking at ZingTrain
Just a quick blurb to let those of you who are local (read: Ann Arbor friends) know that I will be […]