Mindset Moments

Your most capable person resigns. The one who carried the hardest work, covered the gaps, held the most context in their head. Within a week you can see exactly how much was rest...

Entry-level consulting demand drops 40% between 2023 and 2025. In the same period, demand for senior advisory work — the strategic, high-judgment engagements — grows 55%...

Every coach working with leadership teams is getting this question. In quarterly reviews, procurement calls, board presentations, and budget discussions, someone asks whether AI ...

The recommendation landed. Leadership agreed. The meeting ended. Everyone stood up. And then the real work started — in the hallway, at the coffee counter, in the elevator,...

You've done the analysis. The flow data tells a clear story — one initiative is choking the system. Cycle time is climbing, aging work is piling up, and three teams are bl...

I watched a coach do something last year that I'll never forget. She was four weeks into an engagement. The data was clear. Three teams sharing a single deployment pipeline, cycl...

I was on a call with a coach last month. She'd just wrapped a six-month engagement with a mid-size fintech company. Solid work. The leadership team was satisfied. Teams had better...

Last month I was on a call with a VP of Engineering. He was evaluating whether to bring in an external coach for a delivery transformation. Halfway through, he pulled up a screen ...

I watched two coaches present to the same company last quarter. Different divisions, same tool, same AI-generated investigation. The findings were nearly identical: a testing st...

Are you stuck in the never-ending cycle of "I need to know more in order to take action?" Do you experience analysis paralysis every time you try to implement a new concept? If s...

Hey there, my friends! I hope you're having a wonderful day. Today, I want to dive into the issue of a lack of alignment when it comes to improving your processes. It's something...

To spot opportunities for improvement and drive meaningful change, you need to trust your data. But, too often, teams doubt their Kanban metrics and, as a result, don’t feel co...

More often than not, it’s well-meaning – teams analyze their processes to identify their next improvement initiative. They set a goal and put a metric as a threshold to achie...

We’ve all been there. You want to introduce a new initiative – to shift your current management approach and try something new. But suddenly, doubt starts creeping in. Wha...

If your teammates feel unmotivated or detached from their process, it’s because they don’t see how their actions make a difference. Here’s 3 steps you can follow to help th...

It’s normal for people to resist change, even when breaking the status quo is the most logical step forward. I’ve got 3 tips for you to help your teams overcome that resistan...

Today, I’d like to loop you into a new initiative we’ve just started. Each Tuesday I’ll be sharing a “mindset moment” with you, where we discuss simple but profound ins...