Creative Change

04/08/2026

Skip the Wheaties for breakfast. Try a great culture instead!

01/19/2024

You dangle at the end of the rope because of grit gone bad. The people who climb the highest get the most help. Seek help before you need it. Here's how...

01/19/2024

Is your superpower the courage to ask for help when you need it?

You dangle at the end of the rope because of grit gone bad. The people who climb the highest get the most help. Seek help before you need it. Here's how...

08/21/2023

So, so much wisdom! He is spot on in his observations!

Trust and cooperation are not standard in our organizations and yet we know they should be. There are two attributes that every single leader has the opportu...

04/10/2023

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09/05/2022

Hope is vital for human survival and thriving. Let's all nurture hope in others, and ourselves! As Napoleon told us, "a leader is a dealer in hope".

As long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman, the contagion may spread and the scene is not desolate. Hope is the thing

08/10/2022

Better questions produce better answers and outcomes, and those produce better performance!

Life is about questions. Compared to everything that could be known, we’re in diapers.

05/02/2022

Very -- VERY -- interesting article! We can ALL matter more...

You matter more when you live beyond yourself. Seek to advantage others. Don't expect to matter more when you think you don't matter.

02/24/2022

Yes. Yes. YES!

In over 33 years of consulting with organizations and teams about culture, strategy, and performance, I can tell you having the right culture in place makes all the difference. Without it, strategies fail and plans fizzle. She nails the diversity issue. If you are a leader, look around AND listen in every meeting you attend. What does your team look like? How does your team sound? Does it all look and sound the same? If so, you have a big problem (as you'll keep coming up with the same answers).

How many team members are contributing to the conversation? Is the team having difficult conversations about the things that really matter? These are signs you have a healthy culture of diversity.

You probably have encountered some workplaces that are not diverse. There are too few people of color, too few women, everyone is around the same age, everyone’s kids go to the same school, everyone does the same things after work; they shop at the same stores and visit the same places in the comm...

02/24/2022

Being proactive is always better than being reactive. If you are reactive, you are choosing to let the situation dictate your actions and related outcomes. If you're proactive, you are choosing to create a better future and the path you'll take to get there.

Create a proactive response to hot emotion before you need it.