Today’s blog is a reprint of a past essay entitled “live into your brand”. That title is based on one of my favorite quotes from Saint Augustine : “See who you ARE, become what you see.” Today, there is a slight variation in the title : Live FROM your brand. Please understand that your highest...Read More

Three universal leadership truths encourage us as we strive and learn to make the world better through our work. You (and your peeps) have deep reservoirs of untapped power. These resources need to be engaged in a new way to be activated. You have strengths and blind spots and are programed to continue doing what...Read More

Life is continuous change. You know the old saying “the only thing certain is change”. Life is continuous transition. True, yesterday, today, and forever. And yet this is the first time in my adult life that 100% of professionals are consciously aware of being in a major transition. This transition takes a lot of our...Read More

These are exciting times! How is that for understatement? This is the time that many of the buzz words of the past decade, things we knew were important and were going to get to, after… Yes, we all have a version of important “but first…” Excuses be gone, now is the time! Which trending leadership...Read More

We are seeing a volume of teaching on resilience. No wonder! I was experiencing a bit of Funk~A~Doodle despair the other day. I was tempted to reach for coping strategies (our internet is full of such). These tips have their place. No criticism here. But I knew deep down I needed to embrace the experience,...Read More

This is a call to embrace the change you cannot avoid. Reinvent yourself to lead the change, for your business, your career, your life. My colleague, Adrienne Guerrero of Positive Delta and I recently facilitated a pandemic power lunch series on leading through change. In conversation we noted the degree to which we are all...Read More

I thoroughly enjoyed and benefited greatly from my conversation with Rebecca Friese, author of The Good Culture: The Leader’s Guide to Creating A Workplace That Doesn’t Suck A valuable addition to your Leadership Library!   ABOUT REBECCA FRIESE A Workplace Crusader with more than twenty years of experience in change management leadership, Rebecca Friese transforms...Read More

Nike says, “Just Do It!” World class, billion-dollar tag line. Yet, to quote Dr. Phil, “How’s that working for you?” If you could “just”, you probably would. Our focus is usually entirely on the inflow. We push, push, and push again. Feels like, the harder we push the stucker we get. Constipation of the soul...Read More

Our next guest on Where Diamonds Meet podcast is Rebecca Friese. We had an opportunity to chat about her new book, The Good Culture. As a seasoned and experienced consultant, Rebecca has had a firsthand look at culture and its impact on work. We spend most of our lives at work, so its best that...Read More

We learn by teaching. We teach by learning. Our culture often forcibly sequences these qualities. Learn a bunch of stuff, then you qualify to teach. For some learning, this is clearly necessary. We do not want to be taught how to insert tracheotomy tubes from a first timer. But when it comes to aligning your...Read More