I’ve spent a fair amount of time in my career shuttling between departments and scaling silo walls, and now I find myself working with and mentoring individuals that do much the same. Hey executives, haven’t we advanced at least a few steps beyond the work style and structure invented somewhere around the industrial revolution? Or is organizing in and hanging out in self-referencing professional or vocational groups a distinctly human issue?

I expressed my opinion on the ineffectiveness of making annual resolutions in January in a recent Leadership Caffeine post entitled, "An Effective Leader’s Resolutions are Calendar Blind." Translation: good leaders work on improving their blocking and tackling every single day. My suggestion is for you to create a “Leader’s Reminder List” and reference it every morning over breakfast, or keep it in your car and briefcase and review it before you walk through the door into the office.