As 2019 comes to a close and the 20’s roar towards us, this year’s final Fundamental of the Week is: SERVICE IS 360. We serve each other, our customers, and ourselves when we serve the community. Demonstrate making a difference. The part of this that jumps out to me is that […]
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” – George Bernard Shaw For the past several years, I have been grappling with my realization that pretty much everything I think, and everything that we think, is made up, which is to say: Whatever […]
“People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care.” This is a favorite quote from Teddy Roosevelt, one which embodies everything I believe about coaching. Executive leadership coaches, those of us at Momentum Consulting and elsewhere, are trained in multiple effective methodologies and systems. […]
“You Do your Best Work when you Feel Safe” – Julianna Margulies Recently, we had the opportunity to take a leadership team offsite for two and a half days. Our job was to guide them in creating an environment where it was safe for them to speak up. Their new […]
I sent a quick message to the office this morning: “I’m doing my best!” In Austin traffic, this means you are sitting still, with no where to go, and the voice on the GPS is alerting you to just go home and not bother. But that’s not an option. We […]
How many of you just spent the Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends that have different opinions? We have a rule that we don’t discuss politics around the campfire at our ranch. We have this rule because we find it difficult to set aside our own beliefs and listen to […]