Consensus feels good. It brings people together, saves time, minimizes emotional outbursts, and makes us feel as though we are moving in the right direction. But when consensus comes too quickly, [...]

In my consulting work, I’ve discovered a fascinating pattern: the most significant obstacles to a company’s success often lie in undisclosed information scattered across teams. This [...]

I had the enormous good fortune to not just attend an enlightening workshop delivered by retired Ford CEO, Alan Mulally, but to also spend time talking with him and gaining a deeper understanding [...]

“We will completely transform the way we {insert sweeping phrase that describes a huge part of your business},”

Back in 1991, when James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day was released, the word “morph” wasn’t in the public vernacular. We used words like “change” and “alter”. In the movie, a hospital’s [...]

Yes, that’s me leading a meeting in the Oval Office. Except that this version of the Oval Office is at the 330-acre Tyler Perry Studios in Southwest Atlanta. As an example, here’s Tyler himself [...]

20 years ago, my husband and I took our two young daughters on an epic 4,500-mile trip from Atlanta to Anchorage, Alaska.

We were kiteboarding last weekend off Sullivan's Island, near Charleston. The wind was blowing hard, over 20 mph, and I was having a great time.

Last week, we took a fabulous bike tour from the southern end of Manhattan up through Poughkeepsie and Hudson to Albany, New York.

We recently participated in a celebration of life for a close friend who had passed away. As I and other participants reflected on our departed friend’s impact on our lives, the primary theme [...]