Redlining (verb): An unsafe, unhealthy, unsustainable condition whereby a leader and/or team are over-worked and under-resourced for unreasonable amounts of time. When Fast Paced Turns into Redlining My company was once hired to develop a leadership program for a...
My kids are my greatest teachers. Here’s a quick story to illustrate one powerful lesson they recently taught me. My youngest son, Ian, started singing a song that he had heard on the Disney channel, “Down in the Bubbily Boo.” The song was cute and catchy, so the rest...
I was speaking with a friend recently who is at his wits' end about how his weekly staff meeting runs. He is already doing a lot of things right. He creates and circulates an agenda in advance. He emphasizes the start and end times of the meeting, and why it is...
To all of the fathers and father-figures out there, we want to say thank you! This past week, the Asheville Citizen-Times spoke with our own Bill Treasurer about fatherhood, his kids, and how those things influence his work. In the article (click here to read the full...
Leadership is hard work. It takes making accurate decisions based often on inaccurate or incomplete data. It requires bringing about change and contending with the resistance that it prompts. It requires caring about those you lead, but remaining objective enough not...
People want to follow leaders who know where the hell they’re going. If the leadership team looks like a contentious disorganized mess, people throughout the organization will quickly lose confidence. When you and a small group of other leaders are entrusted with...
Do you want to continuously improve as a trainer? Here are some training tips that I’ve learned through trial and error. How long have you been a training professional? Whether you’ve been in it for 25 years, 6 years, or 4 months, you’ve probably dealt with a tough...
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