They are played on the same board, but the two games could not be more different. The rules for checkers are straight-forward and easy to learn. The same rules apply to each piece on the board. Chess has many more rules and there are different rules about how many of the pieces can move. The key in being a successful chess player is to understand the “interdependence” of … [Read more...] about Chess or Checkers?
Leadership
The Coming Revolution
It’s been coming for more than five hundred years and it has reached many organizations already. If it has not reached yours yet – then maybe you need to start the revolution. It’s the overthrow of Hero Leadership. The revolution has its roots as far back as the Protestant Reformation in the 1500s. Part of the "reforms" involved people saying they deserved direct access to … [Read more...] about The Coming Revolution
Professional Development Check-Up
#1 – Do you have a written professional development plan? #2 – Do you update it at least annually? #3 – Does your plan include specific measurable learning goals that you are committed to achieving during the coming year? #4 – Does your plan include developmental opportunities that you are actually looking forward to? #5 – Do you have a method of regularly collecting … [Read more...] about Professional Development Check-Up
Teach to Learn
How can you develop your natural talents to make you an even higher performer? A few blogs ago I went on and on about the idea that we can achieve exceptional personal performance by further developing our natural talents – even when we are already very good at something. People ask me – how can I do this? How do I get even better at something I am already very good … [Read more...] about Teach to Learn
Giving Purpose to Work
Companies across the globe are spending millions of dollars each year on this term we never really heard much about twenty years ago – “employee engagement.” Why is all this cash being targeted toward employee engagement? Because research done by The Gallup Organization and others has shown that engaged employees end up driving higher levels of profits. Engagement = Revenue … [Read more...] about Giving Purpose to Work