When Life Gives You Cold Coffee
On a recent Dunkin’ Donuts coffee run, I was waiting somewhat patiently for my daily cup of coffee (large, decaf, triple milk, no sugar) when a valuable leadership lesson presented itself right there ...
A Tale of Two Stories
A few weeks ago, a former colleague and friend of mine shared a post about passion. At its end, he asked people to share what they are passionate about. I love this question and how he framed it. It w ...
Metastasize: How a Group of Misguided Cells Mentored Me
Most of the time I write about things I learned eons ago. Typically about a premise or a belief that’s an intrinsic part of who I am, rooted in my DNA. But I’m about to share a recent experience that ...
Training – It’s Not Always the Solution
I consider every client I work with a job, so I’ve had lots of jobs over the course of my adult life. In one of my former full-time roles, before formally launching developUs, I was responsible for id ...
It’s Not a Cliff; It’s an Elevator
After ten years of consulting while working full time, I was debating on whether I should make a move to launch the business that is now developUs. The part-time gig was growing, and the full-time gig ...
You Are Your First Leadership Development Opportunity
After nearly two decades spent practicing for adulthood, upon your 18th birthday the government deems you an adult. Reflecting upon my 18th, well, the government was crazy. But something magical does ...
Unravel & Remake
Like the shot heard round the world, most of us can recall those powerful instances or statements that alter our outlook on life. I’m not talking about, “Will you marry me,” or “Congrats you won the l ...
Stop Rewarding Top Performers
Ok, not all of them, just a subset of them. We’ll get to that in a minute. First, a little background. developUs builds training, lots of it! And we love it. There’s nothing like creating a solutio ...
My Left Hand & the Gnarled Signature
I was at the end of an intense three-day certification, and my gray matter was mush. The experience had been a rich one; insightful and thought provoking, but I was ready to sprint out the door with m ...
Mangled Meetings
There are countless ways that we unknowingly lessen our impact, here are a few meeting manglers. Launching a presentation by, passing out a copy of the slides “for reference.”Paralyzing the audienc ...