Improving Processes Reduces the Need for Grant Funding
What is often perceived as a people problem, is often a system problem. Put in processes, and things will improve.
Entrepreneurship & Poker
Starting a new business is a little like playing poker. In both cases there is risk, high stakes, and a need for certainty. However, if you’re willing to lean into uncertainty, the odds can work for you.
Exceptional Hiring Practices
Finding the right team is essential to any organization or business, and the right hiring processes can make all the difference. It is also easier than you think.
Accelerate
James Dyson once compared his business to long-distance running. The moment you feel tired is exactly when you should accelerate.
The Joy of Unexpected Gifts
No program or work environment is successful without ongoing support and appreciation. Consistent gestures create an environment of kindness and positivity where people genuinely enjoy coming to work.
Can bosses be friends?
Keep the work environment inclusive. Friendships between bosses and subordinates makes this difficult to do.
How to Bundle Change
With the New Year in the not-so-distant future, it is common for people to start thinking about improvements they’d like to make. But rather than concentrating on one change at a time, bundling change may be more effective.
The Danger of Breathing In Your Own Exhaust
When people fall in love with their own creation, they can lose the ability to see or hear anything to the contrary. As Lisa Gansky puts it, “whatever comes out of your mouth is all you’re inhaling.” It can be fatal.
Improve Work Culture with These Three Things
Bringing a little more of one or all of these basic needs may make a big difference to your work culture.
Create Clarity with a Weekly Review
A few years ago, after putting in a 60+ hour work week, I felt exhausted. I loved my job. But at this particular moment, I needed to be reminded why I was doing what I was doing. Then I remembered these six questions.
How to Avoid Cotton Candy Business Planning
Cotton candy strategic planning. You may have experienced it. It isn’t much different than those pink tornadoes you’ve likely eaten at the summer fair. They always look like a good idea. But without any substance, the crash is almost always going to come.
Positive Thinking or Managing Expectations?
For my entire life I have been a firm believer in the power of positive thinking. Then, I heard Ryan Holiday discussing Stoic wisdom. Now I’m not so sure…
The Battle of Ego and Essence
Find more creative and professional success by focusing on essence, not ego.
Honouring the cracks of experience
When we experience a failure, whether it is a failed relationship or business venture, we often perceive it negatively. We are trained to think that failure means loss. But what if we changed our perception and viewed our mistakes, flaws, and errors with appreciation? What if we saw the beauty in these challenges?
Set the Direction of Your Business with this Simple Activity
Every organization needs to strategically plan to be successful. I know this from the academic work I have completed, and I also know this from the practical experience I’ve had working in the school system, with other community organizations, and co-managing my consulting firm. This is step one of the strategy.