The Emergent Leader: How just 16 Hours of Coaching Transformed a Deep Specialist
Most managers and leaders don’t understand how powerful coaching can be. It is often confused with mentoring or consulting, which, valuable though they can be, pale in comparison with the dramatic gains that happen during most coaching engagements. At a recent conference I led a…
Agencies Need to Take Talent Lessons From Hollywood and the NFL
This season has been dominated by the idea of the “empowered, flat team” where a…
How Lazy Managers End Up With Awesome Teams
You’re probably managing too hard. Especially if yours is a knowledge worker…
You Can Never Elude the Shark, But You Can Learn to Swim With It
The hardest part of getting a young business to survive is out-swimming The Shark…
Agency Survival Depends On Liberating Talent
Many economists are speculating about where productivity will come from in the…
The Devastating Mistake First-Time Managers Make
Our societal notions of what managing looks like are pretty messed up. Despite…
Why Managers Shouldn’t Confuse Control With Authority
Agencies are filled with managers. We see ratios as high as 1:2 where for every two…
How Bad Management Is Taking Your Agency Hostage Every Day
If there is one thing that agency execs all nod their heads to, it is our assertion that…