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Want some Girl Scout cookies? Leaders, how tall are your stacks? My daughter is selling Girl Scout cookies. These stacks are the pre-orders going to different family and friends. As I was looking at the stacks, I realized that one of our family member's support is...

Here is an iron-clad improvement suggestion for your next internal training: Make the whole session feel more like a discussion than a lecture. Why? By doing so, you will make the concepts more sticky. Isn't that the goal of training? To enact some sort of lasting...

Why even consider becoming a leader in the first place? When something goes wrong it's your fault. When other things go right, your team gets the credit. If your decisions are wrong, people could lose their jobs. You are responsible for casting a vision and getting...

The research says that you will be happier making less money if the trade is for more time. How many of us do you think trade money for time? The research says that when you are feeling the most down, a good solution is to surround yourself with others. How excited...

If you are procrastinating on some task, it is likely because of some micro-friction or some tiny aspect of unclarity. It's too easy to say, "I just don't have the time," or "I just don't want to," but I bet there is something more to it. Here's my example: I use...

It's snowing here in the Seattle area. We don't get a lot of snow, so it's always fun when it drops by for a visit. I am looking out through our dining room window to the backyard. The bamboo we have out back is covered in snow. Beautiful. And bent over. The weight of...

Leaders peel onions. Here's what I mean. During a recent webinar training, the subject of communication came up. The distilled takeaway? You need to communicate more than you are right now. Now, the context and narrative around the takeaway was more detailed, but the...

Yesterday I shared with you survey results that said that "meaningful work" wins out over "more money" by almost 2 to 1. The takeaway for me, and maybe for you, is that what we think people want from their jobs may not be what they actually want. This is a classic...

If I asked you to choose between more meaningful work and a raise, which would you choose? The raise, right? That's obvious. Or is it? In a recent survey of over 2,000 people who worked for large companies, the "meaningful work" beat "more money" by 2 to 1. Many more...

Yesterday's "Big Game" was probably the least interesting one I have ever watched. My beloved Seahawks got knocked out in the first round of the post season, so that left me rooting for the Rams. The teams weren't the problem, however. The game itself was the culprit....