To what extent are you in danger of losing hard-earned skills as you work with AI? “Use it or lose it” applies to your brain on AI. Your brain is not keeping a skill it’s not using. If you doubt that, try to remember everything you learned to do years ago, stopped...

You know it when you see it. Traditionally this line is associated with obscenity, based on the 1964 Supreme Court case, Jacobellis v. Ohio. Justice Potter Stewart wrote in his opinion, “But I know it when I see it….” This line also applies to professionalism. For...

Executives have the prerogative to switch out senior leaders, but they need to exercise caution. Otherwise, they and the entire organization will experience "leadership churn." That's basically turnover on steroids, creating disruptions and causing dominoes to fall...

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...