25 Jun 2025 | Leadership
I’ve never met a leader who hasn’t learned to adapt their speech, mannerisms, focus on detail, and other aspects of their leadership style based on the situation they’re in. A classic example is managing up often looks quite different from managing down. Yet, I find that many leaders are unaware of a similar situation where they must often be of two minds at the same time. I call this the Operator and Innovator mind.
06 Jan 2021 | Leadership
I’m a big believer in agility, and I often help my clients find ways to take steps in growing their agility. Unfortunately, that means I also get tangled up in “Transformations.” Here’s how I typically see it play out, and some things I’d rather try instead:
23 Oct 2020 | Archives
The Corona Virus pandemic isn’t slowing down, but mentally I’ve emerged from hibernation. It hit hard in April of 2020, and now it’s October. That is how long it took for me to emerge from the haze of feeling mentally unsettled.
30 Apr 2020 | Leadership
When many companies want to bring about change they primarily train and inform people as to the new behaviors and expectations. What is often unattended is where the lines are where the change is the most disruptive and what needs to happen right on that line.
05 Nov 2019 | Archives
Today is the first day of Lean Agile KC 2019, and the opening keynote was from Esther Derby. Her talk was about change, and how it works in an organization as opposed to how it is often treated like a machine.
24 Jun 2019 | Leadership
There are so many things that happen every day within a team and organization. Even companies that seem to move at a glacial pace have lots of moments that avail themselves to the opportunistic consultant seeking change.
