These articles were written based on research, client interviews and by simple observation of trends in the current business climate.

They express our thinking about the environment in which we work and address issues on the minds of our clients.

Leading in Uncertainty

What’s important now? We know that leaders can’t depend on the predictability of the environment - and perhaps never again will be able to. So how can leaders engage their people in a journey toward a positive vision of the future? The answer is found inside of each individual leader. And it often involves a facedown with your own integrity.

Déjà Vu

Once again, those in the training and organizational development field are being asked “What is the ROI from your efforts?” We contend that “ROI” is directly linked to our ability to produce breakthroughs in thinking and acting in organizations.

The Work-life Balance Conundrum

Is balance a myth?

Read the new thinking about balance from four professionals who live the challenge every day.

Perceptual Positions

A perceptual position is a perspective from which things can be viewed or considered. Perceptual positions, given that they are different perspectives, provide us with different information.

When highly effective communicators are involved in situations requiring objectivity, empathy or consideration of the impact of context on a given circumstance, they tend to play out in their minds these various perspectives. This gives a more encompassing understanding of the whole of the situation. In this way, perceptual positions inform us toward widsom.

Being a Leader

What calls people to positions of leadership?

At the highest reaches of leadership, where wisdom, courage, self-sacrifice, and strength of character merge, we find an attitude toward leadership of profound and sacred responsibility - yet, right out in the open or just below the surface, many or most who hold positions of leadership feel that they are seriously under-delivering on their dreams and desires.

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