Many of my clients are very committed to diversity in their organizations. But I have always been wary of diversity programs because “diversity” - a code word for reducing exisiting levels of prejudice - signifies that we have a “problem” and that we need to “fix” it. But surely the problem cannot be “fixed’ with [...]

The cover of the August 26th. issue of Business Week features Rainn Wilson, “who plays everbody’s favorite workplace irritant on TV’s The Office”. It trumpets the headline, “Trouble at the Office? Toxic Bosses. Work/Life Balance. Generational Tension” and goes on to portray the story as a “milestone at Business Week” because, presumably, the article is [...]

Twenty-five years ago, my wife and I were riding our mountain bikes in the country when we stumbled across a gorgeous log building tucked away in a corner of the Niagara Escarpment - the world’s first United Nations Biosphere. It sat perched like an eagle’s nest on the lip of a 400-foot cliff which dropped [...]

Napoleon Bonaparte said that “A leader is a dealer in hope”. Yet our prevailing model of leadership is one based on fear: Buy my cosmetics or you will be ugly. Buy my drug or you will get sick. Pass this exam or I will fail you. Do as I say or I will fire you. [...]

My friend Stu Zimmerman has put together a very creative idea. Inner Espresso is a daily video series - a triple shot consisting of a thought-for-the-day, a real world example and a call to action. I would love for you to have a free sample and, if you like it, serve it to [...]