Geography
As you work with your clients going forward, consider this: While remote work has proved both feasible and productive, it will never be as productive as people who work together physically, interact, support each other, and feel committed instead of
What Day Is It?
I ask people as politely as I can not to write me with questions or issues on a weekend or holiday unless it's an emergency. (I think a consulting "emergency" is about as likely as a dermatological emergency, which is
A Little Light Goes A Long Way
Have you noticed that as we get better at our responses—create direction out of ambiguity—people are calmer and find their own ways to better cope? That's really the essence of leadership: Provide the direction within which people can make intelligent, autonomous
Alan Weiss, RI (Rhode Island)
If you're putting "MA" after your name, not to denote Massachusetts as your home, but to indicate "master of arts," you're trying too hard. It hurts more than i helps.
Have I Told You Lately How Good You Look?
If you want to get someone's attention, compliment them! When I tell a reporter in any major publication that I enjoyed the article and wanted to suggest something, I'll get a response 90% of the time. When I tell a
Claiming Control
I find when people feel helpless they have usually lost control or perceive they have lost control. (That's why people do dumb things like hoard toilet tissue, it's an expression of some small control.) Even in crisis times we have
Nuts
I'm watching the squirrels from my den window. They're hopping around the trees, running across the lawn, trying to snatch some bird food from the feeders, looking for nuts, engaged in the seriousness of mating season (though I've never seen
Doing Your Best
I've always preached "success, not perfection." Perfection is the killer of excellence and the fuel for procrastination. If you want to be successful, just do your best as often as you can. To do your best: Prepare well Show up and
Crisis Prevention, Perhaps?
Suddenly, everyone is a "crisis management expert." I'd prefer people who help me avoid crises and/or prepare for them better, not manage them!
An Easter and Passover Wish
Easter is the holiest of the Christian holidays, representing humanity's continuing possibility of triumph over sin. Passover is the remembrance of being freed from bondage. No matter what your beliefs, I'd like to wish and extend to you triumph over the trying