How to get from HERE to THERE?

In 2005, during my USAR team's response to Hurricane Katrina, we were repeatedly tasked - along with thousands of other responders - to blanket the submerged city to help those in need. Historically, most

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Questions That Leaders Ask

Imagine spilling your milk (or any other unplanned event). Unpleasant, right? Questions That Leaders Ask To move on, Crisis Leaders seek answers to two separate but complementary questions:  WHY (insight) and WHAT (action) WHY did

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Teaching Tip: Tactics or Strategies?

I recently facilitated an exercise for some folks who were enrolled in their organization’s leadership development program. The more strategic level work I do, the more I notice when there’s a disconnect between what’s

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Why I don’t Instruct with PowerPoint … and what I use instead

Confession: I've abandoned the use of Microsoft PowerPoint for presentations. Mostly. Here's the caveat ... some of the courses I deliver are for government clients that require a government-approved curriculum, including a government-approved PowerPoint

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When a leader gets pulled in too many directions …

We've all been taxed with choices and opportunities beyond our ability to tackle them all: Holiday party invites, an extra piece of birthday cake, etc. The easy answer is to decline by saying "I

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CASE STUDY: How Much Does It Cost To Be A Search & Rescue Volunteer?

Ever wonder how much it costs to be a Search & Rescue Volunteer?  Your answer is below. CASE STUDY: Search & Rescue Team Copyright TEAM-Solutions.US All Rights Reserved "Pat" manages an all-volunteer, Search & Rescue

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What Peanuts and Soccer Teach us about Visionary Success

Luiz Felipe Scolari is a legendary soccer player and manager.  Born in the seat of worldwide soccer excellence, Brazil, Scolari has played and coached the beautiful game for most of his life. In 1998,

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4 “What” Questions that Improve Resilience

Quick—can you name a resilient organization? How about the local dry cleaner that trims its hours because they can’t find new staff? Nope. How about the plumber that loses approved vendor status because their

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Simplifying the Complex by “Sifting Folly”

"Sifting Folly" What a glorious phrase, eh? I was reading one of my favorite blogs (FarnamStreetBlog.com) and this phrase really got my attention. Partly for its eloquence but mostly for what it stands for.

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What Peeing The Bed Can Teach Us About Better Leadership

If you have kids, you've likely gone through the ritual of helping them grow out of peeing the bed. If you're like me, one of the nightly edicts was "don't pee the bed". And

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