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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

A few excerpts from an article by Maria Konnikova about Dunbar's number, the nature of friendship and the limits of social media.

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

As leaders, we don't often think much about poetry, until it becomes a necessity.

An overview of the ways in which you can better express empathy on the job.

In this time of constant-distraction-as-norm, leaders need quiet time for reflection and discernment more than ever.

The simple act of doing the right thing can make a huge impact.

Balance is a vital skill in leadership and in life - specifically the use of confidence and humility.

Insightful comments on the establishment of an effective leadership team.

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