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It’s been a long time since our last video and that’s mainly because I have been super busy launching LeanMail Mobile (an iPhone app for LeanMail users), Inbox480 (automatically separates non-essential from essential mails) and developing Feemails (the end of spam). So a new inspiring video is long overdue. In this TED video, Ricardo Semler…

How often do your on-line meetings start on time? Not often enough, I’ll bet. Funny, there’s no traffic to fight, no coffee to get, no coats to hang, and still, very few people are able to manage getting to on on-line meeting prepared and on time. Let’s be clear: this is not an IT problem;…

W. Edwards Deming, in this Youtube video, says, “What needs to be done, can only be done by top management.”  What do you think?  Has this idea become outdated or can we still learn from the master? Duration: 09:07 Find out more about our Executive Leadership Coaching Program. Click HERE to watch the video. Happy Friday!…

We enter into collaborations assuming we’ll succeed as teamwork partners. Yet we rarely achieve true partnership: Because we listen uniquely and through biased filters we sometimes mistakenly presume intent or misconstrue what’s been said and agreed upon. Problem: Flawed assumptions, wasted time and relationship capital, and restricted scope. There is often not enough diversity to…

This TedTalk video was sent to me by my client John Heard in San Antonio, TX.  John runs an amazing organization called Heard & Smith, a law firm specializing in Social Security Disability Law.  John is a great example of a CEO who leads by principals.  He has great clarity about how important clear, concise,…

As business folk, we hold meetings regularly. Yet often we don’t accomplish what we set out to achieve. Why? The Purpose Meetings are held to accomplish a specific, beneficial outcome requiring the attendance of the right people with the right agenda. The Problem/Pain Often we end up with miscommunication, wasted time, incomplete outcomes, misunderstanding, lack…