COVID19 Leadership Stars

memphis • 10.20.20 Everyone has their favorite culprit to blame for the year 2020 being such an unmitigated train wreck. But, with the battle in mid-stream, I’m not sure that we’ve given proper credit on the other side of the ledger to those whose leadership is standing out in a meritorious way, with considerable effect. So, […]

Leaders… Dancing in the Dark?

by Bill Catlette memphis • 7/26/20 In his 1984 Grammy Award winning song, Dancing in the Dark, a slightly randy Bruce Springsteen bemoans a grinding, dreary daily existence without much well, uh, action.  A glance at the lyrics comes uncomfortably close to what a lot of leaders are feeling of late. But let’s start with […]

Two Tips For Better Messaging

by Bill Catlette • 7/23/20 • Memphis Check For Understanding Too often, as busy leaders, we get a little out over our skis in communicating with our teammates, and sometimes – often perhaps, our messaging winds up with sub-optimum clarity or effect. While I don’t presume to understand all the possible causes of the loss […]

Deep Yogurt and the Workplace. Where’s it Headed?

6/14/20 • 10:20P • Memphis In his essay, “Let It Die” activist-artist and cook, Tunde Wey poses a COVID-19 era question about the restaurant industry, which he has experience with: “Can you renovate a burning house?” The analogy plays nice on a larger scale, to America, as we stand here five months into a viral […]

Leading from Afar: Get What You Need

memphis • 05.28.20 • 6:22P  In the April, 2020 One World Concert  The Rolling Stones performed their 51 year old hit song, “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”. As long as they’ve been making music together, it seems safe to say that the band might have done this song 10,000 times perhaps, between practice, […]

Coaching From a Distance

With the sudden, COVID-inspired shift to WFH, one topic that has come to the fore is productivity. How do we get it? How can we possibly verify and measure it in light of physical separation? How can we coach people to better outcomes? Fair questions. One emergent point of view is that the manager/leader should […]

A Helping Hand for Leaders

memphis, 04.06.20 Life is coming at us pretty hard and fast right now. It’s an especially lonely time for business leaders, who shoulder responsibility for people, process, resource, results. When we can least afford it, many are frozen by uncertainty or fear, longing for insight, direction, a candid, knowing shoulder to lean on. A seasoned […]