Next summer, my primary accountability partner and I will celebrate 20 years of regular weekly check-ins. We only pause for vacations. So why with this successful working relationship, did I suddenly triple my accountability partners from one to three this June? The...

Any summer reading plans yet? Typically this season is ideal for lighter fare, such as new fiction, twists on classics or even the masterpieces themselves. Another option is dipping your toes into non-fiction to give you a leg up on work projects, professional...

As a driver and a passenger, I dislike roundabouts, even though I know they are statistically safer than other intersections. Yet, even with my discomfort going counterclockwise, I didn't detect until recently my hypocrisy as a human being and leadership coach. Asking...

What’s wrong with this picture? Successful leaders these days never stop learning. Completing their formal education (whether that’s high school, trade school, college, grad school, or whatever) is just the beginning for them. That's because continuous learning is...

Integrate. That’s the powerful process required whenever you’re serious about learning a new skill or knowledge that you want to apply. In other words, integration is necessary when you want to learn in order to make a difference in your life, not just to remember...

Remember the 1993 movie Groundhog Day? A cynical television weatherman covering the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania becomes caught in a time loop. He’s forced to relive February 2 over and over. Is the 2026 version a work treadmill? We’re...

Are you working harder and longer but feel you’re not as productive as you used to be? Worse, are you also seeing signs that you're just not as sharp as you'd like to be? ​Welcome to the downsides of living and working in an “always on” environment, where even...

What a shock! After years of doubting  the value of cheerleading, I’ve changed my tune. I’m not only acknowledging the worth of cheerleading, but also recommending the adoption of more cheerleading practices. What caused my conversion? Well, distance – time and...

Read any good nonfiction lately? If so, how factual was it? Figuring out its accuracy is harder than you’d think, thanks to a hallucination trend you may not have noticed – in human brains.   Ever since ChatGPT burst on the scene in 2022, AI hallucinations have become...