Performative or Performance
Big mistake leaders make training staff. They don’t ask trainers for the obvious feedback. Who were the top 20% that stood out in this group? Which participants show the most potential? Who demonstrated initiative and agility? Questions left unasked. Yet the answers, which would be forthcoming. Show leaders exactly
Reboot
Can you hear tomorrow coming? I can. 30 years of solo practice - done. My youthful arrogance. Facing the strange. Believing that was possible - useful - sustainable. To all those I've worked with... who put their faith in me ... intrepid people I've coached 1:1... participants in the
reframe #22
💢The Sunday Dispatches is for the talented, hungry, and perhaps a little rebellious. Each week I focus on one thing and three prompts. With encouragement to pause and do your best thinking. Notice — Question — Act. 1/ Notice Life is a series of choices. You knew that already. I notice many
80 year old you
Do it for the 80 year old you that is sitting there thinking "I'm so glad I did that" From Stories with Kiki on Substack
On walking the talk
Your team, after the all-hands. Last slide still projected behind them... a growth chart nobody's looking at. Jon from ops. "They said everything right. Vision. Values. Rewards." "And?" "And the coffee was instant. Next to a Nespresso machine that works fine."
Talent + Hunger
I've probably played this album more than any other over the years. I first heard it sitting beside a lake in Finland. Free were started by four teenagers in 1968: Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke were 18, Paul Kossoff was 17, and Andy Fraser was 15. Stop for
Crucibles of Leadership
Robert J Thomas
Make Success Measurable
Douglas K Smith
Knowledge for Action
Chris Argyris
Unstuck
Keith Yamashita & Sandra Spatard
