Patrick Lencioni has always been one of my favorite authors and his newest book, “The Ideal Team Player” was a most enjoyable read. Lencioni’s past best-sellers have included “Five Dysfunctions of a Team”, “Death by Meeting”, and “Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars”. I have participated on a variety of different teams in my lifetime. Baseball teams as a youth. A fraternity in college. Work teams with different companies I led. Executive teams today. I have Read more about Book Review: The Ideal Team Player[…]

Last month, nationally recognized speaker and best-selling author Barbara Babbit Kaufman spoke to one of my Vistage groups about “Attitude”. Among her “Ten Tips for Maintaining a Great Attitude” was to create a personal mantra. A mantra is an abbreviated (3-5 words) personal mission statement. Kaufman suggested to my members that a personal mantra helps bring clarity and focus to our lives and can help us maintain a great attitude. During the course of Barbara’s Read more about See It, Hit It[…]