I first met Leo Bottary via an email I sent him. A cold email. He had no clue who or what I was. I had read his first book (co-authored with Leon Shapiro, CEO of Vistage) – THE POWER OF PEERS. I wanted to see if Leo had any interest in starting a podca...

I’m like Picasso. No, I’m not great at art, but I’m not great at math, either. Neither was he evidently. During his early school years when the teacher asked him to write the number 4 on the board, he’d see it as a nose,

Perfectionism seems to be a thing that people enjoy claiming. Others enjoy pointing out the futility of it and how it can provoke procrastination. We’ve talked in the past about how if you’re going to do something,

When it comes to understanding people and situations I’ve not found anything more powerful than curiosity. Curiosity drives understanding. When our curiosity is low, our quest to understand is low, too. How do we know? We stop asking questions.

Business folks know the old maxim, “If you don’t have time to do it right, then when will you have time to do it over?” Experience has proven how true it is. Still, it’s often harder to figure out how to do it right the first time.

Today’s show is about two areas where we exercise our point of view and four questions that can make all the difference in our lives and our leadership. First off, you should know I don’t fancy myself as a thought leader. I abhor that title,

Robert woke up around 5:30 in the morning, more tired than when he went to bed. Back in mid-March, his company was outpacing their projections so significantly his team was wondering how they had failed to more accurately project revenues and profits.

Admittedly, humility is a trite topic when we’re talking about leadership. It gets lots of lip service, but less practice. Humility sounds wonderful as a characteristic, but many people disbelieve it has real power.

Since I wasn’t alive during the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, this is my first pandemic experience. But I have experienced disruption. My working life really began during major disruption in the 1970s because of the oil crisis. Thankfully,

Two extremes. One is our tendency to notice things just like the things we own. If you drive Limerock Edition of a BMW M3 you’ll quickly notice anybody else driving the same car. That flashy orange is easy to spot.