Sometimes a book just arrives...it's a long story...and there's a little intrigue about the title...and the next thing you know you're reading it. That's been the case with How Did That Happen by Roger Connors and Tom Smith. I've been working through the book for about a week and it already ...

Everyone has a core message. Sometimes it's a very faint bleating sound. Other times it's like U2 belting out Pride (In the name of love). But...everyone has a core message. Mine, at least in part, is the reality of the Inside-Outside Disconnect. I first had a name for it when I read John K...

Everyone has a core message. Sometimes it's a very faint bleating sound. Other times it's like U2 belting out Pride (In the name of love). But...everyone has a core message. Mine, at least in part, is the reality of the Inside-Outside Disconnect. I first had a name for it when I read John K...

Here are StrategyCentral we spend a lot of time talking about customers, strategy, innovation, mission, marketing, and vision. A frequent question? "Who are you trying to reach?" Loved this riff on who Jesus target customer was (is) from Rick Warren this week: In my study of Gospels, I made a...

Sometimes it's last in, first out on my stack. When Discovery-Driven Growth: A Breakthrough Process to Reduce Risk and Seize Opportunity by Rita Gunther McGrath and Ian C. MacMillan it looked too good to go to the bottom of the stack. It releases on March 16th. In the meantime, here's what c...

Tim Stevens and I were talking yesterday about some of the outcomes we're praying for as we launch some key changes at Granger this fall based on our recent REVEAL study. When Tim told me what he was thinking about posting, I decided then I'd probably just link to his post. It's really good stuf...

I should probably title this post, "Why Scott McClellan is the Smartest Man in the Blogosphere." At least today. That is because Scott, editor of Collide Magazine, agrees with me that Lost is the greatest show available on TV. Here are his reasons... The story is key—Although the show has occasi...

Mark Howell wrote last week about Peter Senge's view that listening to the periphery - those on the edge of the organization - my be the only way leaders can know what is shaping the culture of their workplace. As Debbie Weil wrote back in May, "...a company can learn a lot of valuable stuff by ...

On Wednesday, our senior management team (SMT) will be getting away over night (in another city) to talk, plan, laugh, eat, have fun and reconnect. We do this on occasion to make sure that we stay aligned with each other and the vision, and that our hearts are still beating fast for the mission....

I couldn't launch LeadingSmart.com without saying something about the leader who has invested more in me than just about anyone else outside my family. Without the influence of Mark Beeson, I would not be blogging, teaching workshops, writing books, or leading at Granger. When we first met, I wa...