How to Handle Own Goals
Steve Smith is a Scotland-born, Canada-raised hockey defenseman whose NHL career spanned 15 seasons. He is less well known for winning three Stanley Cup[...]
Paul DiGiovanni
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Paul DiGiovanni
You Say You Want a Resolution
For all of the champagne, new diets, and gym memberships folks are about to experience, only about eight percent of resolution-takers succeed in attaining[...]
Erin Wildermuth
When Life Throws You a Curveball
With the holiday season upon us and the New Year just around the corner, especially driven people are in introspection mode as we analyze the year that was and[...]
Andrew Lott
The Peter Principle and How to Avoid It
“In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.” Laurence J. Peter wrote those words as satire in 1968. But as with most[...]
Andrea Ruth
The Science of Record-Breaking
May 6, 1954 was a cold and windy day in Oxford, England. It was far from ideal conditions for a race, but it was also the day Roger Banister broke a record. He[...]
Erin Wildermuth
Practice Doesn’t Always Make Perfect
Apple made a great leap forward in communications and mobile computing in 2007 when it launched the iPhone. It couldn’t have done this by sticking to all the[...]
RiShawn Biddle
3 Leaders Reveal Their Hardest Conversations
Building a successful organization requires interpersonal skills as much as knowledge of finance or marketing strategies. Perhaps the most important tool in[...]
Andrea Williams
Deliver Tough News the Right Way
Former BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward could have immediately and swiftly announced that the explosion of the British oil giant’s rig, Deepwater Horizon, had[...]
RiShawn Biddle
A Thanksgiving State of Mind
Thanksgiving did not become an official national holiday until 1941, but it had roots that extended back to the founding of the first American colonies. The[...]
thomaskidd
The Science of Gauging Time
This morning I had a list of four sizable items to accomplish. I knew it was an ambitious plan, but I tackled the day with confidence. I was determined to be a[...]
Erin Wildermuth