Dorrier Underwood

So petty, so juvenile. We are talking about the wonderful compass in the rosewood box, how the advanced mastery people are so excited to have the lovely gift, and Carol says, wonder how that great gift came around. Guess we have some special woman who has a gift for finding just the right thing , and everyone agrees. Except it was not her idea, it was my idea. MINE MINE MINE. I thought of that. I feel like the D golfer in a captain's choice much of the time around here. The D golfer is the worst one, and when the other three hit their ball in the foursome, the D guy's ball is never the best, no matter how good it is. Mostly he spends his day not having a good enough shot to count, maybe one putt or one chip rolls close and then the rest of the team makes a big deal for him. Well this was my one thing I came up with. And now it is Nancy's. SO here is the moment. Everyone is praising her and I can either say something or smile and praise Nancy too. After all sh...

We are talking to presidents and CEOs all the time. And doctors and health care administrators and museum directors, to not continue to think of themselves and to not continue to be the worker/entrepreneur.  There is such a pull to do the work and miss the bigger picture.  We are also talking to them about not only being the CEO, but also being a remarkable leader and a visionary leader who sees the bigger picture, who sees the people and resources he or she has.  Really sees. We are talking about not just dealing with what is immediately at hand, although important. And important to deal with what is immediate, including the failures and breakdowns and lessons learned.  And important to deal with, and have him or her deal with, failures as if they are 100% responsible for them. That is our work, day in and day out, to have conversations with business leaders to think beyond, to create beyond, to go beyond. Not just the challenge of the day, but t...