by Lance | Sep 21, 2009 | Leadership
As anyone who has spent five minutes with me knows, I am passionate about skiing. I use it as a teaching metaphor for leaders and leadership, and I know of few other activities that, for me at least, can equal such a profound sense of ONEness. In Rudi MiickÃs blog,...
by Lance | Aug 27, 2009 | Leadership
You’ve probablyheard of Dave Carrol’s frustrating experiences with United Airlines and his guitar through the enormous reach of YouTube and Huffington Post. But an interesting lesson we can all draw from this story is the idea that our attitude to events...
by Lance | Aug 8, 2009 | Leadership
A great deal of our work over the last 20 years has been with healthcare systems and health insurance companies in both the US and Canada. We are probablybest known for achieving breakthrough results in cultural transformation, strategy formation and leadership...
by Lance | Jul 1, 2009 | Authenticity, Effectiveness, Inspiration, Leadership, Truthfulness
One of the themes of our work is the simplification of complex ideas, distilling them into easy to understand and apply processes. We have found that nothing gets done if people can’t understand how to do it – no matter how brilliant the suggested solution...
by Lance | Jul 10, 2008 | Courage, Effectiveness, Inspiration, Leadership
Napoleon Bonaparte said that “A leader is a dealer in hope”. Yet our prevailing model of leadership is one based on fear: Buy my cosmetics or you will be ugly. Buy my drug or you will get sick. Pass this exam or I will fail you. Do as I say or I will fire...
