The relentless drive for ever-higher performance often leaves us too exhausted to enjoy what we have achieved We, as leaders, must learn to break the endless improvement journey into a series of short exciting trips by celebrating and savoring our successes.  more  

Strong leaders who are effective coaches know the value of reflection and renewal. They periodically pull themselves and their teams back from daily work in operations to work on themselves.  more  

The journey of personal growth requires finding our own way by implementing a series of interconnected areas of growth and development.  more  

A great fictional story, illustrating a major problem we encounter again and again in our work with individuals, teams, and organizations trying to move to higher levels of performance. It's the problem of balancing the speed and pace of daily life or operations, with periodically stepping back to make sure we're heading in the right direction.  more  

When we don't know how we're doing we can't improve. Failing to periodically review and assess is one of the major reasons so many improvement efforts lose their way.  more  

Progress towards your vision, values, purpose and goals by stepping back to step ahead, savor and celebrate your success.  more  

Highly effective leaders energize others by noticing and recognizing the field of wheat. They thank, appreciate, recognize, and celebrate accomplishments. We all draw a lot of energy from sincere recognition and honest appreciation.  more