Leaders often feel trapped between two bad options, where both choices seem to sacrifice something vital. Welcome to the sucker's choice.

Effective leaders focus where they have a comparative advantage, delegate other tasks, and prioritize developing their future leaders.

Loneliness is a silent drain on your startup's most valuable resource: your people. It's costing your business more than you think.

Escaping the blame-game unleashes untapped potential. Improve problem-solving by shifting your focus from finger-pointing to accountability.

In this post, I explore how the "knower trap" hinders problem-solving and offer strategies for recognizing and getting out of it.

In a world filled with uncertainty, the ability to make accurate predictions is a valuable skill. What do superforecasters have to teach us?

Cultivate a workplace where the practices of continuous learning and growth thrive—with these five principles.

HPTs embrace an inherent paradox—that creation and innovation is often impossible without some friction.

The S-Loop is a cyclical, four-stage problem-solving framework that can help you tackle complex problems in human systems.

As a fan of both Star Wars and DiSC, I gathered a team of colleagues to assign DiSC styles to 15 famous characters from the franchise.

DiSC and MBTI can be useful for team-building and personal development, but I strongly recommend against their use in the hiring process.

Had your share of encounters w/ confusing or irritating people? Join us for a workshop on how to understand and work better with others.

Unlock potential in your startup or small business with peer-coaching. Develop your leaders and solve problems better, faster, and cheaper.

Phronesis, or practical wisdom, is the greatest virtue a leader can have. If you have a project, hire a leader with abundant phronesis.

Four systems outlining the relationships between leaders and their teams to help you understand productivity, progress and how to improve.

In a TED video, Atul Gawande summarizes what we do at RPC every day—we help managers learn to analyze and solve problems in human systems.

Tips on how to be a better, more engaging facilitator of live-virtual training. Part two of two.

Tips on how to be a better, more engaging facilitator of live-virtual training. Part one of two.

Skill alone is not enough to guarantee performance. You must also have opportunity to perform, self-efficacy, and a supportive environment.

Here's a model of behavioral influence that's useful for any leader invested in helping people and teams perform better.