Imagine you’re in the locker room of the L.A. Lakers the day after a loss to the Denver Nuggets. The team is reviewing the game tape, trying to answer the question: Why did we lose?They reach the end of the footage and each player takes a turn assessing his own performance.NBA super... Read More

Did you know athletes in the 1960s and 1970s used to avoid weight training?  Coaches thought that too much muscle would make the players slower and keep them from performing optimally. Ara Parseghian, Notre Dame'... Read More

Accountability within a team is crucial for reaching optimal performance. But accountability poorly defined can do more harm than good. Effective accountability has two parts: clear, reasonable expectations and constructive consequences. Too often teams have a vague or confused idea of what is fa... Read More

In business, as in life, we often feel trapped in the tension between the “urgent” and the “important.” We might consider the former to be tasks of survival — if we don’t do them, everything will fall apart. The latter are more connected to our ideals and strategic goals — to build the thing we w... Read More

Generally, people have a baseline understanding that “strategic planning” and “goal setting” are valuable. But when it comes time to do these tasks, it’s not uncommon to feel some reluctance to take the time. There is so much “real work” to do!The truth is, strategic work is the hig... Read More