Archive for May 16, 2017

I’ve been thinking lately about how organizations (universities, businesses, and even countries) have their culture shaped and set by the person at the top. (Think Theo Epstein, Adolph Hitler, Bill Gates, Donald Trump, Angela Merkel) If you’re the president, CEO, executive director, or director/manager you are the primary reason the culture is as it is. You need to own that, because culture propels or destroys your strategy.

Two very close friends of mine are retiring this spring. Coincidentally, they’ve worked in the same niche. Another coincidence is that, years ago, both had remarkable

If you were asked to share your greatest failures with me, you may wonder what I was up to. I know that if I shared mine with you that we’d have a lot to discuss. Some people are reluctant to share failures thinking that they might appear weak or perhaps they were poor leaders or managers.

I view failure as a necessary byproduct of life, and an important part of learning and maturing. You’re probably familiar with the Thomas Edison quote, “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that