Tripping Points and the Leader

Note from Art: this post originally appeared as The Five Tripping Points of Emerging Leaders at my Management Excellence blog. The five points are important and bear repeating. Firms and teams run into natural Tripping Points in the form of infrastructure and know-how...

4 Ideas for Avoiding Groupthink on Your Team

Groupthink is one of the most common and nefarious decision-making traps of otherwise well-intentioned teams. While many of us have heard of Groupthink and the historical example that is frequently cited in textbooks, the Kennedy administration’s Bay of Pigs fiasco,...

It’s Time to Confront Your Fear of Public Speaking

There are few skills that will take you further and help you more than developing your speaking skills. Your writing skills are a close second. It’s time to confront your fear of speaking and make this critical skill a valuable part of who you are as a...