Swooosh! The same sound I heard the last three shots as I caught the basketball after it glided through the net creating music to any shooters’ ears… swooosh. “OK, you’re up 8 - 1”, I said to my 14 year old son at the time. I gasp for air and try to remember if my…
For the past 15 years, we have used the Adherence Equation to help individuals and organizations achieve their goals. From personal effectiveness and health to organizational growth and profitability, this simple formula clarifies your steps to success. Focus provides the clarity necessary to make decisions that support your most important goals. It results in a…
Here is an excerpt from Leadership Matters. It contains 31 daily insights to inspire extraordinary results. Video of aK_JvW9K-V4 Consider two sources of energy: the sun and a laser. The sun is a powerful source of energy. It showers the earth with billions of kilowatts of energy every hour. Yet with minimal protection – say…
I love watching the Olympics. I was thrilled when they started alternating the summer and winter Olympics so I would only have to wait every two years instead of four years. The Olympics embody all that is good and inspiring about the human spirit. Olympic athletes and their back stories of trials and triumph stimulate…
At work, the daily whirlwind demands of the job and your team can easily push you back into poor habits, such as being reactive (vs. proactive) and force you to abandon what you know to be positive leadership habits. So, reflect on specific triggers that may prevent you from sticking to practices like the 5 coaching habits…
Been to the ocean lately? Always strikes me how you can get knocked down by a wave, struggle to get back to your feet only to be staring another wave in the face. That's how the current world of continuous, rapid change can feel. Back in the 1950's, you might have seen only one technological change…
We are pleased to announce that the U.S. Patent office has approved the registration of the Adherence Equation as a registered service mark. We have been applying and validating this simple, yet powerful equation with clients for 14 years. World-class leaders and organizations have used this time-tested formula for executing their plans. A good plan…
What is it that sends us searching for success? We grasp at the latest fads and the newest techniques hoping to capture the magic we see highly successful people. We emulate strong role models, we study, we strive – all to find the secret of success. This secret is not necessarily a matter of talent, intelligence, creativity…
Global competition, multi-generational challenges and high-velocity technological advances seesm to create more complex problems than ever before. However, solutions can stil be stimple. Even solutions to questions lilke these that John Mattone posed in a recent intervew: In today’s companies and organizations, what are some of the trickiest aspects of initiating a change in corporate culture?…
Just last week, a client who runs a rapidly growing enterprise sent me this photo. I had recently re-engaged with them since my initial work with them a few years ago. He wrote, “I got this fortune cookie while you were working with us in 2013.” He shared his fortune with me because that is…
