Communicate early and often

I’ve experienced it and I’m sure you have too. You’re getting close to a deadline for a project and you’re waiting on 12 essential details to complete everything.  You’re so close to the deadline that having any conversations or communication will KEEP you from completing the project.  So what do you do?  You skip them… and […]

Some write, others talk

It can be easy to think that other people in your life learn and process things the same way you do. For some, writing is a great way to figure things out. It’s a process that allows a person to get their thoughts on a page, see if they agree with them, and make changes […]

“Excellence is your next email”

In an interview with Daniel Pink, leadership guru Tom Peters says “excellence is your next email.” Peters is known for saying, “Excellence is the next five minutes.” That’s true, too. The point of his comment is that it’s common to believe excellence is some huge kind of feat. In other words, our default is to […]