(This post was first published here on January 23, 2017.) The DISC behavioral assessment tool was instrumental in my earliest efforts to understand myself and intentionally grow as a leader. That was around 25 years ago, and I can still remember how helpful and...
(A version of this post was originally published here on January 29, 2018.) I’m no psychiatrist but I’ve always been intrigued by the things people do and why they do them. Out of this curiosity, and over many years of observations, I’ve come to my own theories, and...
(This post was first published here on September 8, 2015.) Long, long ago there lived an emperor who loved fine clothing and spent all his money on clothes. He was convinced by a cunning tailor to order a suit of clothing made with fabric so special it could not be...
(This post was first published here on November 7, 2016.) I am reading a good book right now called Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth. In a nutshell, this book is about the various psychological studies done over many years around what...
(This post was first published here on September 12, 2016.) If everyone were just more like me, the world would be a better place—or at least my organization would be—or at least my team would be. Besides being an entirely narcissistic statement, it would not be the...
