500 years ago this month, Cardinal Luigi d’Aragono and his entourage set off on a “Grand Tour” that would lead them to the world’s most famous painting. By October 1517, …

Money Matters: Questions to Ask About Money As a leader, it is important to know where your values stand. Your approach to money influences your decision-making, both personal and professional. …

3 Tips for Better Employee Coaching If you’re a good leader, you’re probably a good problem solver. But are you a good coach? Coaching means you’re no longer out front. …

Remembering the Alamo On 2 March 1836, delegates of the provincial government of Texas finally made a decision: declaring independence from Mexico. Four days later, the Alamo fell. While the …

Thank you to all who participated in this year’s “Best & Worst in Accountability”! It was a close race, but now the accountability results are in: The Best – General …

“I quit.” Those words and others like them are spoken more often by more people by the last week of February than at any other time of the year. The …

On our family’s recent trip to the Galapagos Islands, we experienced some of the phenomena peculiar to this archipelago that helped inform Charles Darwin’s controversial and ground-breaking theories in On …

Socrates & the Secret of Success What’s the difference between a New Year’s resolution and a habit? About five weeks. As we reach this point, most people are making excuses …

The candidates for “The Best & Worst in Accountability” are dealing with the consequences of their actions in 2016. Mylan faces backlash from their price hikes, Takata will pay enormous …

Each year, I select the top five leaders and businesses who exemplify the best and worst in accountability. Find out why I selected each candidate for “Best” or “Worst in Accountability” by …

In research for my book Accountability, I interviewed leaders of successful organizations and discovered seven distinct characteristics that form the foundation of their high-performing cultures. I call these characteristics the …

Work-Related Christmas Fun: Trivia and Practical Reflections The Twelve Days of Christmas cover the days from 25 December to 5 January. It’s a festive time of year, though if we’re …

Do You Know What Accountability Questions to Ask Your Team? Before you can hold others accountable, you must first hold yourself accountable. It’s not as easy as it sounds. That’s …

For many companies, the end of the calendar year coincides with their fiscal year-end. Leaders at these companies understand the final push in the last 60 days of the year …

Here comes Halloween. History suggests that Halloween has its origins in feasts and festivals, celebrating everything from the autumnal harvest to the festivals of the dead. As a result, ghosts, goblins, …

When successful companies are profiled, the logical question to ask years later is, “How are they doing today?” In “Accountability” I profiled two dozen companies and their leaders whose commitment …

When Will You Decide Enough is Enough? In an earlier post, 8 Questions to Ask About Accountability, we tackled the topic of underperformance and took a fresh look at confronting …

Will you be gathering your leaders to develop your company’s plan for 2017? Then you might want to take a page from my book, Lead The Way, to have a …

Big Data, Small Touches If you’re a road warrior like me, you appreciate the little things that make business travel tolerable. Finally treating yourself to that private jet flight, that …

Running the Race with a Sense of Urgency In 1936, political storm clouds were swirling. But as the Summer Olympics opened at Berlin’s Olympiastadion before a crowd of 100,000, the …