Its not that we plan on it but often our behavior has us hiding…. We hide information, or at very least we don’t share We hide parts of ourselves, and lose on transparency towards those around us We hide solutions – afraid to lose the edge? Don’t value power of replication? We hide from our
When I broke my neck on November 6, 2004, I arrived at John Muir Hospital in Walnut creek, and that is where my life intersected with Dr. Chen. Dr. Chen operated on me and saved my life. Dr. Chen is the guy who allowed me to walk out of that hospital with a new lease
I’ve posted before on the Importance of Rule # 6 – “Don’t take yourself too seriously”. In fact, as the story goes, when asked what the other rules are, the answer is “There are no other rules”. Sometimes we need a little jolt to remind us of the purpose of life, that we can’t take
Pick a scenario: . You are on your way to your staff meeting . You are meeting your family for dinner . You are walking into an important customer meeting . your friend is calling, has something important to tell you In your head: “Where did I put my car keys?” “Have to work on
I want my organisation to be focused on the priorities I want Execution-orientation to be a core competency in my organisation I want there to be less friction/more productivity between departments. Sound familiar? I hear variations of this with many of my CEO clients. Guess what? It starts at the top! How do you and
“A person can become so comfortable with everything that they don’t know, that they just stop asking questions altogether.” “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”― Mae West “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”― Ralph Waldo
The medical device company that wants to launch across the world The multinational that wants to manage multiple strategic projects in their business plan The startup in Brazil that is eager to expand to other countries The NGO that wants to replicate its methodology now While expansion to drive more revenues, create more impact, is
It’s embarrassing to me how selfish I was for 45 years. Or naive. Or both. I had little part to play in leaving this world a better place than how I inherited it…Indifference. Embarrassing. The people I hang with now probably wouldn’t have liked the old Hans much. Maybe I wasn’t all indifferent but certainly
We have been staring the problem in the face. We have walked around it and looked at it from every possible angle. We have talked to our team about it. We have explored numerous avenues of approach. And yet we are still standing, looking at it and not addressing it, still hoping we can find
Blog I was having lunch with a great guy i recently met, Richard Wells. Richard is an entrepreneur/writer/teacher and we had a great lunch conversation about leadership style, qualities and value systems. We got to the topic of Grit. I have never used the word Grit as a leadership trait. Typically we use more mainstream