Are You The Right Person?

Jun 29, 2026 | Business, Leadership, Performance

Many leadership teams look around the leader table for someone to coordinate a strategic initiative, based on capacity, expertise, or experience. But that person may not be the right one to make it happen. Consider an initiative to create a new department to serve an...

Pat or a Kick?

Jan 22, 2012 | Business

When you use your strengths wisely, you are really good. Not only that, using your strengths come naturally to you, so it’s not all that difficult.  Finally, when you work within your strengths, you enjoy what you do so much more. The problem comes when you use your...

Do You Ever?

Jul 24, 2011 | Business

Managing yourself is more than making yourself more organized and focused. You also have to manage your strengths. Why? Because when you overuse your strengths, you create your biggest problems. You get yourself in deep doo doo without anyone to blame. It’s all you....