How To Draw Your Cultural Landscape

The Landscape Metaphor ® It’s impossible to put most of life’s experiences into words. At work, it’s fairly straightforward to verbally describe operational issues — projects, the finances, the structure, and hardware. But when it comes to our personal lives,...

Managing “Resistance” to Change

  Resistance is a symptom of something else. Unless you get to the cause you will spend endless time trying to manage the “resistance” symptom. Change is Natural Change is natural in this world. Evolution itself is a response to change. We naturally respond to a...

Why Employees Do What They Do

  Employees’ imaginations inspires their actions. When employees feel positive they will act positively. Leaders can create this positive situation by behaving with a clear set of desirable values such as honesty, care, trust, respect and empathy....

When Competition Is Destructive

  Internal competition often works against a good culture, against open communication, against success. No senior manager deliberately wants to close down communications, but competition in a leadership team can stifle openness throughout the company. Most...