When Meetings Waste Your Time

Last week, I sat in on an executive team meeting. I was so bored! Interestingly, I was the only person in the room for whom most of the discussion was brand new. Why was I so bored? Because nothing really happened—for two hours! Sure, there was a lot of talking, a lot of papers passed […]

Spieth’s Incredible Comeback

Leaders blow it—sometimes to the point of embarrassing themselves. Some examples of leadership “fails” I’ve either witnessed or heard about: • A CEO loses his temper and shouts at a colleague in the middle of a nice dinner at an upscale restaurant with spouses at the table. • A Sales VP, embarrassed by poor quarterly […]