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The Rocking Chair or the Map?
Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing...

D. Mark McCoy
Aug 11, 20253 min read


Coffee
There are really only two problems at the core of the dysfunction of most organizations...

D. Mark McCoy
Aug 4, 20253 min read


The MRI?
That's the rub. We give the LRI while expecting the MRI.

D. Mark McCoy
Jul 29, 20253 min read


Three Questions
These three questions might just change the way you lead. And more.

D. Mark McCoy
Jul 19, 20253 min read


Cogs in a machine...
If you treat people as a means to an end...

D. Mark McCoy
Jul 15, 20254 min read


The unselfish act
Here is one of the hardest questions I know...

D. Mark McCoy
Jul 1, 20253 min read


Conflict
In today’s fast-paced, complex world, we don’t need teams that agree...

D. Mark McCoy
Jun 18, 20253 min read


Fred and Ted
Leaders quickly learn there is one simple question with major consequences…

D. Mark McCoy
Jun 2, 20252 min read


Say Less Later
You have the right to remain silent.

D. Mark McCoy
May 26, 20253 min read


Bees and flies
The Bee is praised, the fly is swatted. Both are busy.

D. Mark McCoy
May 19, 20253 min read


A radical act of courage
Desire for approval is a trap.

D. Mark McCoy
May 12, 20252 min read


Power
Power is often seen as a dirty word.

D. Mark McCoy
May 6, 20253 min read


Teams we want
As leaders, we often find we do not have the teams we want. Worse, we don't have the teams we need.

D. Mark McCoy
Apr 25, 20253 min read


Eye of the Storm
Lin Manuel Miranda tells us in Hamilton, “In the eye of a hurricane there is quiet.”

D. Mark McCoy
Apr 4, 20252 min read


The Power of a Preposition
“Why is this happening to me?” is an all-too-common phrase.

D. Mark McCoy
Mar 9, 20253 min read


The 'hood to avoid
She could live in the neighborhood of the Black Butterfly, but there was one 'hood she knew to avoid.

D. Mark McCoy
Mar 2, 20252 min read


Gold and Platinum
“Do unto others as you would have done unto you” is excellent advice. Mostly.

D. Mark McCoy
Feb 19, 20253 min read


Listen up
Leadership training usually includes listening skills development because listening skills are required for good leadership (and in very...

D. Mark McCoy
Feb 11, 20253 min read


Good Questions and the "Shared Pool of Knowledge"
In our last blog post we discussed the power of punctuation, and I suggested that the quality of the questions matter. (If you have not...

D. Mark McCoy
Jan 28, 20253 min read


The Power of Punctuation
This is the first in a series of blog posts about achieving success through productive dialogue. I have discussed the “power of...

D. Mark McCoy
Jan 14, 20253 min read
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