Dr. Henry Cloud is one of my frequent inspirations. He tweeted yesterday: “Two things can really drive a vision: something awful that you want to rectify…. or something awesome that you want to realize.” Last night I was speaking to a group about strategic planning. We talked about people who take the energy out of […]

I roamed through three plants in North Carolina yesterday with guests. One of them commented: “We’re in plants all the time. Most are messy. These were not. You can tell these guys pay attention. Impressed with clean floors and the level of action.” I thanked him on your behalf. I mean all of you. While […]

What’s in your work space that needs to go? Things have a way of collecting. It doesn’t matter how they got there really. Fact is, that they are in your space. You have to touch them. You have to work around them. They are eating away at your effectiveness. Maybe those things could be used […]

How are you better today on July 31st than you were at the beginning of the year? Did you create any new habits? Did you ditch any bad ones? Read any books? Learn anything new? Conceive and start a project? Help the team in new ways? Work hard to maintain you skills and endurance so […]