March 2013: Changing a Belief to Improve an Outcome
A client and his wife (I’ll call them Don and Clare) are going through a divorce. Their three college-age children are fairly...
February 2013: Telling Time in Leadership
Ancient devices like sundials, water clocks, and hourglasses reveal a historically consistent quirk among humans: We want to know what...
January 2013: Three Decades of Questions: From How…to Why…to What
If you’re a leader who seeks to better understand your direct reports – or a parent wanting to connect with your children – learning how...
December 2012: Diagnostic Deceptions in Leadership
Standard procedures have been developed by modern medicine to diagnose a broken bone, a bladder infection or a blocked artery. In a...
November 2012: Examples, Connection and Separation, Mature and Immature
In last month’s blog, I explored the importance of connection and separation in work and family relationships. Dr. Murray Bowen, an...
October 2012: Connection and Separation in a Marriage, a Business, a Family
“One very cold night a group of porcupines were huddled together for warmth. However, their spines made proximity uncomfortable, so they...