My favorite bird is the flamingo. It is unusual. The flamingo’s color shouldn’t exist in nature and it has knobby knees. Yet it is proud and
For over 100 years, since the start of the industrial age, there has been a focus on deep specialization. For thousands of years before that, there
A friend recently asked me “If you coach, why aren’t you using your coaching skills with your son?” Face palm moment for sure. The kiddo
Last fall, I was texting my long-time mentor and friend. The chairwoman I reference in so many of my articles. During our conversation, she was doubting
I belong to a women’s networking group and there was a recent question that got a lot of women talking. One member asked how to engage
I changed the world today. Now, you might be thinking that’s pretty arrogant of me. Maybe, or maybe I know changing the world happens in the
I was spending time with a good friend of mine recently. She was saying hi to all the neighbors as we walked by, always with a
Companies each have a unique culture. Some embrace varying amounts of accountability. Others value collaboration somewhere between engagement and consensus. Many pursue some mix of the two. High
In the past several months, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about interdependence as the intersection of accountability and collaboration. Collaboration is a relatively
Individual success has been celebrated, if not revered, for most of US history. There are endless “how to’s” on achieving individual success. Yet independent achievement is
