Leaders spend 60-70% of their time in meetings. And 60-70% of people will tell you those meetings are ineffective. We keep running this madness anyway. More meetings, more speed, more effort. I’ve believed for years
Most leaders I know start the morning with a to-do list. Very few start with a to-be list. That distinction, small as it sounds, may be the clearest line I have seen between leaders who
Three years ago I walked away from a 17 year career at McKinsey. The reason was simple. Since the days of the Model T we have become extraordinary at optimizing physical assets. Machines, plants, supply
~80 to 90% of the time, we’re running on our sympathetic nervous system. That’s what our research found when I was at McKinsey. Fight or flight, all day long. Foot on the gas, tank near
I asked a partner at a consulting firm what he was doing with all the time AI had given him back. He told me about the process of evaluating employees on his team, the review
We have never invested more in making people feel valued at work. Recognition platforms. Wellbeing programs. Perks, points, awards, even pet care benefits. We have outsourced recognition to a 50 billion dollar industry. People are
There is a person on almost every team I have ever worked with. They connect the dots nobody else connects. They see the pattern three moves before it becomes obvious. They can walk into a
Think about the last time you hired someone, or were hired yourself. What did the process actually measure? A degree. A job title. A company name on a resume. Maybe a keyword that matched a
Most CEOs I talk to grade themselves on three numbers: growth, profit, and retention. The growth number gets a strategy. The profit number gets a plan. The retention number gets a wish. That mismatch is
Many immigrants who grow up inherit a simple formula for life: Work hard. Get into the right school. Earn the right degree. Get the right job. Make your family proud. Then, one day, happiness will
With the focus on enhancing joy, health, love and meaning in your life, my transformational approach is interdisciplinary and integrates learnings from spiritual wisdom traditions, philosophy, positive psychology, neuroscience and organizational development.
