I want to tell you about three similar telephone conversations I had this past month: A surgeon called from another state to ask if I could help his son: “Josh is a recent graduate. He’s a good kid, and very bright, but he just hasn’t been able to identify what he wants to do in life. I think he could benefit from talking to you.” Four partners, heavily invested in a business and active in running it, are struggling with belief differences. It’s a case of “three agains

My clients report that they sometimes make bad hiring decisions for key leadership positions. They tell me their selection processes don’t help them make accurate predictions about who is most likely to work out and who is most likely to fall short. This also frequently happens with potential merger partners. Hiring for a particular competence is easy; finding a leader or partner with maturity and poise who fits your culture presents a higher-magnitude challenge. There’s

After you read this blog, you might not be itching to take a walk in the woods. Every year, 350,000 Americans discover that a casual forest stroll produces weeks of oozing skin rashes triggered by a certain toxic shrub. But hold on – that poison ivy statistic is deceptive because it lacks context: no one knows how many Americans miss out on the exercise, reflection and perspective of woodland hikes because they fear infection from a pesky plant. Most nature-walkers don’