We’re approaching Thanksgiving Day here in America. One week away. Our personal growth is significantly impacted by other people. Within the past few weeks, I’ve conducted a few leadership workshops. I regularly illustrate our ability to help each othe...

Sometimes we do. Sometimes we don’t. He’s had some problems and he knows something isn’t right, but he’s scared to find out. Eventually, he goes to the doctor. Tests are run. Then he waits. Anxious, fearful,

I won’t bury the lead. I’m going back to the long-used podcast show title, Grow Great with Randy Cantrell because it’s always been and will always be about leadership. And true leadership starts with us, our determination to lead our lives in ways wher...

I don’t know anybody who relishes getting up in the morning to attack the day in hopes of achieving a mediocre outcome. But that happens in the lives of too many people. They lumber out of bed, prepare for the day with a quick stop by their favorite co...

Douglas McGregor was a founding faculty member of MIT’s Sloan School of Management. In 1960 he published, “The Human Side Of Enterprise.” The book is most noted for introducing the world to Theory X and Y. Simply put,

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.