According to Charlie Jones, “Five years from today, you will be the same person you are today, except for the books you read and the people you meet.” At The Conversations That Matter, we value learning and growing. We find that the best learning we do comes from the recommendations and introductions of others. We’ve […]
The Conversations That Matter Summer Reading List Read Post »
Several years ago, Wiley had a big theme under the same title, “From Me to We.” It was, and still is, significant as it focuses on moving from a hierarchical leadership model with an all-powerful leader to a team-driven model with leadership throughout. Now, as The Conversations That Matters grows, I am doing the same.
Last week, our team at The Conversations That Matter wrapped up a two-and-a-half-year-long project. It was enormous and took a lot of creativity and bandwidth from each of us. But, to say we grew a lot – in our knowledge and expertise and our relationships – is an understatement. Frankly, we were all ready for
Stopping to Smell the Roses Read Post »
Holy moly. The amount of knowledge we are gaining from this mass movement of people dubbed the Great Resignation will be feeding case studies for years to come. Researchers are salivating at all the fun qualitative and quantitative data from individual studies of what drives us to make career shifts to a macro-level analysis of
The Great Resignation is Revealing Four Core Truths that Won’t Go Away! Read Post »
I was recently reminded of the expression, “You have to be willing to be bad at something before you can be good at it.” So, I wondered, ‘does that apply to leadership too?’ It sure does! All too often, leaders get their title and position because they were good at their last job. But, their
Learning to be a Leader Read Post »
Our team at The Conversations That Matter has been working on a custom tool for an exciting client. The tool is focused on what it takes to have an innovative culture. I could get buried in the amazing content that has already been written on this very topic. It’s fascinating. There is one key to
Culture of Innovation Read Post »
It’s January 1, 2022 – 9:24 a.m. As I sit in my prayer chair for the first time this year, I am thinking about you — the reader, friend, client, random person who happens upon my simple blog. What are you thinking on this day? Are you, like me, looking to the next year and
New Year. New Words. Read Post »
In many ways, growing up in North Dakota wasn’t all that different from other parts of the country, especially the plains of the upper midwest. I was a slightly above-average youth with big dreams of leadership, family, and peace on earth. The greatest gift of my childhood was the love and support of a family
Leaders are Torchbearers! Read Post »
The holidays tend to be a time that I get to read a couple of books. The rest of the year, I collect them. In other words, Amazon is so kind as to send me all the books my heart desires, but I really only dive in a couple of times a year. However, when
An Executive’s Role as CEO of Organizational Health Read Post »
It’s one of those things that every human has been on the giving and receiving end of — at least I hope that’s true. An apology typically comes at the end of an event. Sometimes that event is a disagreement. Other times it is the response to a series of events that has caused harm
The heART of Apologizing Read Post »
