It bears repeating: you don't have to be good at everything..

Leadership is a team sport - learning to work with others is a critical skill. This means articulating a clear vision, setting priorities, giving coa….

Authenticity is critical to leadership. That means trying to be yourself - this involves some self-disclosure, admitting what you don't know and bein….

Business and leadership is about the future. What worked five years ago is unlikely to work tomorrow..

Process improvement programs are like teaching people how to fish. Strategy maps and scorecards teach people where to fish..

Without strong visionary leadership, no strategy will be executed effectively..

Great companies create an environment in which employees act like owners. They do this through clear communication, articulation of clear vision and ….

Change efforts happen when a firm is out of alignment with achieving its vision. If the organization has broad buy-in on a clear vision, the need for….

The vision must be realistic - it has to be based on clear distinctive competencies. Again, what would the world lose if you didn't exist? A vision i….

Rather than the word career, I prefer to discuss how you make a positive I pact on the world. This could mean raising your children, professional act….

You never do arrive at a destination. You have to work at it and take ownership of the process. What resonates at age 25 is likely to change by age 3….

Every person I meet is struggling with how to understand themselves and reach their full potential. No one has it fully figured out. It is a life lon….

Step one is to take ownership of figuring strengths ans weaknesses out. It starts with writing them down but, to take ownership, you have got to seek….

Screening out peer pressure and conventional wisdom. It is so powerful, that most of us aren't even aware of how much it is influencing our decisions..

We have all had injustice happen to us. It often shapes our failure narrative. For example, maybe you were fired and not you don't trust colleagues a….

One reason leaders don't delegate is they haven't been sufficiently clear with the team regarding their vision and key priorities - so that the team ….

Managing risk is very different from managing strategy. Risk management focuses on the negative-threats and failures rather than opportunities and su….

Business education must constantly be changing and being updated to improve the quality of the student experience. On line courses will be a key part….

There are three main areas of focus: vision, priorities and alignment. It is critical to articulate a clear vision - how do we add value based on wha….

Education has been critical. First at Kansas and then at Harvard Business School. It helped me build the confidence that I could go out and do things….

Consistent alignment of capabilities and internal processes with the customer value proposition is the core of any strategy execution..