How to Solve Difficult Problems

All of us have been confronted with difficult problems.  While the nature and scope of each person’s problem might differ, the pattern and solutions are often similar. Problems begin when a result does not match up with expectation.  If that happens, our first...

Why We Don’t Need More Leaders

  The infographic above stirred some controversy when I posted it earlier this week on LinkedIn (ironically, most of the haters hail from the UK, not sure what that means). I created it because I was sick of seeing posts touting the greatness of leadership and...

Why You Should Be “Cool as a Cat”

Sunday morning we were loading up, getting ready to drive to church when I decided to let the dogs out one more time. Our two barn cats, Iris and Athena happened to be on the carport. Candy, our miniature poodle went over to see Iris. Then Rambo, the other poodle...