When minnows win

Yesterday, the Morocco football team was the first African national team to progress to a World Cup semifinal. It is not a glamorous team that anyone assumed would make it out of the group’s stages: no global superstars and many players who play for smaller...

Schedule ahead of the game

It’s your game. Some rules may be your own; others may be created with you or dictated by others. But it is the game. The game of being ahead of ‘it.’  How we start the year and where we are in the game depends on you. If you wait until January 1 to begin to...

Apart, yet close: Remote work

It’s called remote work. We connect in purpose and goal, but not physically.  It is a new reality, but it need not be a distraction or adversity.  Ever wondered why we need to co-locate physically? Is it proximity, efficiency, or a personal need? ...

Calendar set

We typically attend all the meetings we plan for, the appointments we make, and the events we want to attend. If you believe in the power of the schedule, you will be blocking out blocks in your calendar to do the things you need to, with specificity. What about the...

Better today, than tomorrow

The membership begins next month, or you will start to plan next week or change habits next year. We, as individuals, push things off, and so do organizations. If there’s a positive change you seek to make, there is no time like now. The only instances where you may...