My thoughts on leadership and executive development, transitions, and talent strategy.

Strategic Talent Investment HR PEOPLE + STRATEGYLimited dollars for talent development? High expectations for measurable impact? More requests than resources available? These are just some of the challenges facing HR today. The solution: Make strategic talent...

Why Do We Limit Our Options? HR PEOPLE + STRATEGY Why do we entertain so few options when confronted with a challenge? Why do we self-impose and accept limits? Limits constrain who we are and what we can achieve, while options unleash creativity and allow us to move...

Why Curiosity Is Critical To Building Relationships? HR PEOPLE + STRATEGYWe all know curiosity is what leads scientists to make discoveries that alter lives, and entrepreneurs to innovate to tap new markets. Most organizations facing an increasingly competitive...

Is Your Organization A Game Of Thrones? HR PEOPLE + STRATEGYDeceit or honor? How does your organization play the game? This is among the fundamental questions being explored in the extraordinary series Game of Thrones. In the war for power over the Seven Kingdoms, the...

Managing Talent in a Scaling Organization HR PEOPLE + STRATEGY Your organization is growing at a fast clip. Where you used to have a small team of entrepreneurs (founders) who quickly made broad-reaching decisions and contributions, you now have an increasingly more...