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Try, learn, try again

Yesterday I mentioned a little phrase that Tiger Woods made during an interview after his victory at The Masters. In the middle of a longer reply he offered us this bit of gold, “I applied what I learned.” If you have ever applied what you have learned,...

Leaders: Want a different result? Do this

In his postgame interview after winning The Masters golf tournament yesterday, Tiger said, “…I applied what I learned…” That little phrase was intermingled within a much larger response to a question, and it caught my attention. “I...

Bring your team into the hiring process

Which side of the table is harder to sit on? The interviewee’s side or the interviewer’s side? I always thought it was more difficult hiring than being hired. As the interviewee I just had to do a bit of homework, show up, craft a story for the panel, and...

Leaders! Avoid the high cost of turnover

77% of all turnover is avoidable. At least that is according to one piece of research I recently saw. Turnover is a problem (I know, I don’t have to tell you that). The larger problem it that many of us don’t really understand the real cost of losing a...

Free time with systems

Free time is synonymous with systems. No, not in traditional sense, rather in a more nuanced way. Most of the leaders I interact with have a day full of things to do. I have had many days where I put my feet on the floor in the morning and it’s a solid push...