As we enter the month of July (hard to believe how fast this year is going!), I wanted to share a few perspectives which have impacted my life, especially in the past few years. These are particularly relevant for those of us over a certain age, who may need a reboot or even a re-direction…

Recently, I have been engaged with a few organizations and teams who are struggling to build good working environments. We have all heard the adage ‘teamwork makes the dream work’ and this most certainly is true. Most of us have been members of teams and organizations that were, in a word, dysfunctional. No one was happy. Everyone was competing for…

Twenty years ago, I founded my company Alignment, Inc. because I was (am) so passionate about this philosophy. And I was not alone. Not long after I founded this company and began to write about Alignment, Oprah also echoed this approach: “The secret is alignment: when you know for sure that you’re on course, and doing…

Recently, I have been working with a number of individuals elevated to heightened roles of leadership. It has been fascinating to watch the behaviors they believe demonstrate leadership. It is sometimes alarming and unsettling – and their teams are equally curious about how they should respond to their approaches. Though there have been thousands of…

It is hard – almost impossible – to believe we are embarking on the year 2024! Goodness me….that simply feels surreal. As we start this new year, most of us have exciting plans to make this new year the best year yet. And yet, many times we have already broken our grand intentions by the…

What an absolutely amazing experience it was being a guest on Brian Moran’s podcast. We had the most energetic and passionate discussion. Thank you, Brian!! To listen to this provocative conversation click here. 

Many of you know I have begun to travel over the holidays, upon the death of my parents a few years ago. This past Thanksgiving holiday, I traveled to Scotland and back to Brugge (where I spent two weeks over Christmas last year). The experience was rich in every single way. In the attached video,…

During this month of Thanksgiving (in the United States), I thought it only fitting to ask the poignant question: For what am I grateful? I wrote a similar post several years ago. Much water has gone under that bridge – much loss, much hardship – yet Gratitude always trumps Grief. This 10-minute podcast will shed…

When I formed Alignment, Inc. almost 20 years ago, the word (and concept) of ‘alignment’ were, for the most part, reserved for body shops and chiropractors! Yet, successful leaders and my senior leader/CEO friends LOVED the concept as they said THAT is what distinguishes successful leaders, organizations, cultures, and strategies. Of course, I could not…