– These are thoughts that are impacting my work

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I spend a lot of time reading. The new ideas and interpretations that flow from others’ wisdom often lead to day-to-day insights.

  • Team values

    Team values

    Teams don’t have values. Leaders have values. I was just reading a book on leadership and the authors provided an anecdote of a mid-level manager whose team was in floundering. Then they had a team meeting to discuss and mutually agree on their team values. And that fixed everything! Right. I’m happy if that truly

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  • Executive Buy-in

    Executive Buy-in

    Is executive buy-in a good idea? Maybe not as much as we might think. Here’s a common scenario. I have fallen in love with a great idea that will help the organization. It can have fundamental and strategic benefits. But to make it happen, I’ll need others to cooperate. Maybe with a budget. Or, maybe,

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  • Terminology – KPI and KRI

    Terminology – KPI and KRI

    From time to time, I write about business concepts that seem fuzzy to me. Or perhaps not all that useful. This one is about risk management terminology. It’s not aimed at the risk professional. It’s for the rest of us who need to incorporate some of that terminology in ways that are useful and practical.

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And, of course, my older posts (on various topics that seemed important to me at the time) are still available. Check out my archive if you wish.

I’m sharing ideas you can use every day. If you want to put your career on a higher trajectory, you just need to take the first step.

Any questions?

I’m happy to discuss what I’m doing … and why.