How to Simplify Your Success Monster

How to Simplify Your Success Monster

“Feed me, Seymour!” Do you feel like your success monster is out of control? Demanding of your time? Or distracting you from focusing on what’s most important? You’re not alone. For entrepreneurs, today’s VUCA world (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) can be...
Is a Success Monster Eating You Alive?

Is a Success Monster Eating You Alive?

Audrey II: I’m starvin’! Seymour: Look, maybe I can squeeze a little out of this one. Audrey II: More, more, more, more, more!   If you’re a business owner or entrepreneur, you can probably relate to clients, employees, even your families needing “more” from you...
They Don’t Understand

They Don’t Understand

Who’s ‘They’? “They don’t understand what they are accountable for”. Those are the exact words that came out of the mouth of the Director of HR from a small [under 100] people manufacturing organization at a recent round table comprised of the executive team of...
Developing the Trusted Leader

Developing the Trusted Leader

2 day program Presented by the Buffalo Center for Cultural Innovation  July 31st to August 1st, 2019   – Buffalo NY Trust: Think about the individuals that you lead. Ask yourself – do you trust them? Trust them to do what they say they will do, achieve what...
Start to Tell Your Core Values Story

Start to Tell Your Core Values Story

In his HBR article, “Make your Core Values Mean Something,” Patrick Lencioni suggests that we should avoid three things when developing Core Values: Values that are so aspirational that they have no credibility with the team Values that are minimal expectations of...