On February 4-11, 1945, Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin came together

for a conference at Yalta to decide the shape and fate of Central and Eastern Europe. In what many call a ‘sell-out’, Roosevelt gave in to Stalin’s insistence that Russia be given de facto control over the countries falling inside what he considered a ‘safety...

My parents and teachers frequently reminded me to, “pull up up my socks

 Most of us duck dirty jobs if we think we can get away with it…even for the short haul.  There are always  cleaner/fresher assignments available that will keep us occupied.  Unattended dirty tasks like grungy socks, will breed beasties that eventually stink up your life.  Why not commit the equivalent of a weekly washday to attack undesirable...

The recent shootings in Aurora Colorado caused many to reflect on the

issues of trust and fear. Trust usually commands very little of our attention—even though it often involves matters of life and death. For example; we put faith in the weight bearing capacity of a ladder, we assume that fellow drivers will stay in their lane.  We trust that pharmaceutical...

Since 1900, many psychologists have contributed to the process of managing

  SigmundFreud (1856-1939), was one of the first to postulate the existence of an inner world, something he called ‘the  unconscious’, that drives what human beings do-something we hold today as obvious as gravity. He is considered the creator of ‘psycho-analysis’ and his concepts of Superego, Ego and Id led almost directly...

Everybody has the same amount of time.  The real issue isn’t time…

it’s about commitments. You can’t “manage” time.  It is what it is and does what it does, regardless of what we do.  We can however, manage commitments, promises and our agreements.  Your organizational life is composed of making, managing, modifying, and keeping or...

After 20 years of coaching CEOs from corporations large and small and

in several countries, I believe a differentiating factor in the long term success of busy executives is their ability to stay in touch with the five year old that resides in every adult body.  Responsibilities often burry our inner child under layers of  “shoulds”—...

 I was impacted by yesterday’s post in Branding Strategy Insider

, titled “Building trust in your brand”. It took me back to the days when as CEO of Achieve, I coached high powered executives all over the world. The first character trait I wanted to clarify was, does this person live at the extreme (either end) of their trust continuum...