I'm pulling a blog post out of my archive as a result of a conversation with one of my clients today. This particular client is a gifted relationship builder. And there are times when even the best relationshippers have some trouble with some people. This post is from July 13, 2010. I had the pleasure of some organizational development training from OD guru Thom Walters. This is a tidbit I wish I practiced more often. There are two positions we function out of at any given moment: the position of trying to be right and the position of trying to understand. Our current culture is ingrained in the right vs. wrong mentality. In our business it really doesn’t ever matter who is right or wrong. W
It’s Fall Y’all. You know what that means? Just a little over three months to finish out your 2019 goals and projects. I have a tool I use at my Take Action Retreats and Workshops that I think just might help you clear through the clutter so you can take action and plan the next steps for your year-end goals. The tool is designed to help you get all of those actions out of your head, into a list and then into a workflow that is visual and easy to follow. I’ve adapted one page of this tool based on a Kanban board. The underlying Kanban method originated in lean manufacturing inspired by the Toyota Production System (TPS). Japanese industrial engineers developed the system between 1948 and 197
