How to Tell if You are About to Have an Impact – or if You are Just Tilting at Windmills

How to Tell if You are About to Have an Impact – or if You are Just Tilting at Windmills.   This week I walked into a restaurant in Dubuque, Iowa to meet with a…

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Phil Jackson and Tribal Leadership

This was an amazing week for the Tribal Leadership tribe. On Saturday, one of my Executive MBA students emailed a New York Times article about Phil Jackson’s new book, Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success….

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A Cry of Hope, Serenity, and Sadness

In 2000, American Elegy was performed for the first time in commemoration of the victims and survivors of the massacre at Columbine High School. In the thirteen years since composer Frank Ticheli was first commissioned…

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My Accident Aftermath… and what you can learn from it

Some of you have noticed that I’ve been off blogging for months. This post is about the grueling details of why. If you make it through, I promise this read can change the way you…

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No “One Size Fits All” When it Comes to Values: Lessons from Ron Johnson and J.C. Penney

Once a week or so, LinkedIn sends a list of job openings that might be a good fit. The little black box algorithm combines geography, past job history, current role, network, and the skills/expertise listed….

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