So far, we’ve discussed two pitfalls that prevent organizations and people from getting things done – first, they get stuck in the status quo. They get trapped in “how we’ve always done things.” Or second, they manage to break through the status quo, but they get so...

The second pitfall to getting things done is that people try and do too much at once; they don’t undertake the discipline of prioritization and they get overwhelmed making a little bit of progress on a whole bunch of different things – instead of making a lot of...

Early this year in this newsletter I wrote about the four common pitfalls we face when trying to get things done: We get stuck in the status quo. We try to do too many things at once. We may not be systematic about our goals. We fail to achieve our goals because we...

I was recently asked this question by a coaching client of mine. Like so many of us, she had a boss, and that boss needed her leadership. Although this may seem like a contradiction at first, it’s actually a very common situation. Remember that leadership is not...

In these newsletters, I’ve focused on principles that can guide leaders, tools they can use, and behaviors they exhibit. I’ve stressed that a leaders’ purpose is to change the order of things for the better - which means change must be real and sustainable. Having...

Now we must begin the urgent work of restoring faith and integrity in our political systems and institutions. What is necessary is to demand accountability.