Feedback – Cruising to High Performance
I love driving. I often tell people that driving is my reflection time. I’ve been known to jump in my car and make a two-three hour drive for a dinner get together
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21st Century Colonialism
co·lo·ni·al·ism /kəˈlōnēəˌlizəm/:the practice of extending and maintaining political and economic control over another people or area When you hear the word colonialism, I imagine most people immediately think about the 16th-18th century
Read More...The End of Bureaucracy
The other day I came across a 2018 Harvard Business Review (HBR) article, written by Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini, called ‘The End of Bureaucracy’. Given my interest in organization design and
Read More...Responsible vs Accountable
During a discussion in one of my classes, a student made the comment that in a team environment it is important to be accountable. While that sounds good, technically it’s not correct
Read More...110% Effort All the Time
OK, this topic isn’t really about teams specifically. But as the end of a semester draws close here at the university, I’m reminded of an important habit/discipline that will serve anyone –
Read More...Focus First – Then Paddle Hard!
Before I moved to the dry, arid plains of Southern Alberta I lived in Ontario – home to literally thousand and thousands of lakes. And some pretty big ones too! Yes it
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