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?

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.

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

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.

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

A troupe of jugglers from Berlin helps us apply a simple, powerful framework for thinking about and diagnosing problems in human systems.

A study from psychologist Ron Friedman suggests high-performing teams find success by making better, stronger social connections.

A collection of my thoughts on effective communication and why language is so important.

Insightful comments on the establishment of an effective leadership team.

A few thoughts on two timeless principles for managing time and tasks.

When trying to figure out why your people aren't doing what they're supposed to be doing, ask these three questions.