How to Build a Winning Team
An article in Saturday's Wall Street Journal about a high-school cross-country coach in suburban Syracuse was fascinating. His teams have won nine national titles in nine years without superstar runners.…
People Don't Hate Change
Leaders will sometimes tell me that people hate change. But it's not true. Nearly all of my work involves some amount of organization change. Sometimes it's broad, sweeping change in…
How the best teams work
Many leaders today still subscribe to the idea that everyone reporting to them must conform to the leader's thoughts and opinions--both before decisions are made, and after. This slavish devotion…