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,
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
"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.
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
Criticize with Care Ever notice that criticism gets a bad rap, generally speaking? Not the "you're ugly and your mother dresses you funny" kind, but the constructive kind that portends to improve performance.
Ever experience this? Question: "Hi, Honey, welcome home. Please tell me about your day?" Reply: "It was fine. The boss was in a grumpy mood. Had lunch with the team at work. Closed the
Once upon a time I failed as a leader... Okay, so it happens regularly, but let's just focus on one of them for now, okay? Here's a story of a leadership failure, what I
Orange, TX, September 13, 2008 -- Members of Texas Task Force One and Two come together for a quick field briefing. Both teams conducted search and rescue efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike.
When I first started instructing for a living (versus as an occasional sideline), I was eager and intensely interested in sharing what I knew. Every moment was a teaching moment! On one hand, that’s
... Or should we even reward folks at all? After being bombarded with the 'everyone earns a ribbon' strategy, a little balance may be in order. First, here are some simple formulas: 1E=1R ($1
