When you had to stay up all night to study for that big exam – who told you that was a good idea? What about when you had that speech due and you spent hours and hours cramming for it to make sure you could read it without any cue cards? And when the option was first presented to you, to choose your own classes that meant something to you, who made that decision for…

There is a slew of tools to ensure you’re constantly in contact with your team – SLACK, Skype, Hangouts – to name a few.  Sometimes we use these as scheduled interactions and mass announcement platforms with more one way then both way communications. But the moments that generate the genuine gratitude from your teams are the random interactions – the text message to grab a bite, the call to see what’s up and how it’s…

It’s easy to look at a game, a job, a task, an anything and get down on yourself for having messed up and lost. So easy in fact that we don’t need anyone’s help to see what went wrong. But as a Leader, you need to pivot, you need to step back, this game is over, this project is done and now it’s time to focus on the next one.  Even if it’s not over, you…

In problem-solving, the context of the problem and the solution derived from are everything. Take the example… Two houses are late being built – one is behind by two months, one is behind by six. The one that is behind by six months is due to environmental issues, bad weather, tough rock, lots of snow, etc, etc.  The team has put in extra hours to make up for the delay but keep getting hit with issue…

Remember those street figher(ish) games where you had to accumulate your “mana, energy or experience” before you could do your super move? You had to keep fighting to increase your reserves so when you had your best chance you’d play your super move. That… that is the moment where focus and success meet.  Where after all the beatdowns you have taken, all the fighting, all the pushing to get somewhere, all the late nights and early…