The Performance Zone

Fear of failure is ingrained in us. It may have its roots in our parents trying to protect us, but it later leads to playing the blame game. Our parents, siblings, teachers, coaches, bosses, and friends react negatively to our failures, so we learn failure is to be...

The Communication Bowtie

How much time and effort should you spend preparing for a meeting?  It could be a sales call or vendor meeting. It could be an all-hands employee meeting. It could be a board presentation or just a team huddle. You are busy and there are only so many hours in the day....

The Power and Peril of Intrinsic Motivation

“Two-thirds of American workers are either watching the clock, doing the bare minimum to get a paycheck, or worse, actively working against their employer,” according to a Gallup article by behavioral scientist Jim Harter, Ph.D., and Gallup Managing Partner Vipula...

Something Amazing Happened

If you’re a fan of professional golf, you know that something amazing happened Sunday. For those of you who are not golf fans, there are a lot of professional golf tournaments, every year, but four of them are considered Majors, as in “major tournaments.” The Majors...

Gravity Works

Gravity works, whether we believe it exists or not. Gravity works, even though we cannot see it. Gravity works, whether we understand it or not. You may remember from high school math that axioms are statements that are known, for sure, to be true. Axioms are...