Can you remember a time when you saw a group or a team whose talent and skills were clearly evident, but somehow, the results didn’t pan out?  How many times…

Have you ever been in a situation where someone in charge got everyone wound up… and headed in the wrong direction? There are many examples where we can see how…

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FAMOUSLY ENSHRINED “LIFE, LIBERTYAND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.” But what does that mean in organizations? And how does Leadership fit in? Attracting good talent is expensive…

CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT THE WORLD WOULD LOOK LIKE TODAY HAD WINSTON CHURCHILL FAILED TO BECOME PRIME MINISTER DURING WORLD WAR II? It almost happened because of his role in…

… Ain't nothin' gonna break-a my stride      Nobody gonna slow me down, oh no I got to keep on movin' Mathew Wilder Leading “BC” (before Coronavirus) was relatively straightforward:  Get the…

Driving Accountability When leaders in some organizations speak the phrase “hold people accountable,” that message often gets translated by the receiver as “who can we point to when this thing…

A while back, a NY Times article excoriated Amazon for its business practices, opening an important conversation on the use of anonymous feedback tools.  Is this type of feedback useful?…

How many times have we heard someone complain, “We really need better communication around here”? Communication doesn’t do anything by itself, but you can’t do anything inside an organization without…

In the movie, Hidden Figures, we are treated to historical footage of President John F. Kennedy speaking about NASA’s mission to land a man on the moon.  How giddy and…