Leadership preparedness is about anticipating. As I prepare for an upcoming canoe trip, I share four things that can help us all be better prepared to lead our teams on the next big adventure.

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Before launching our teams on any new project, there are five questions we should have answers to so they don't get lost in the jungle.

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Whatever race we are running, if we want to be smiling at the finish line, these seven things can help us get there.

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Eisenhower told a roomfull of military planners that "plans are worthless." Here's what he meant and how understanding his intent can help us face the next emergency.

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Can visualization techniques help us see into the future? I think they can. Better, I think they can help us shape that future the way we want it to turn out.  Done well, visualization techniques are a great tool for simulating future experiences before they happen so we can influence the outcomes.  Here’s one way they helped me just last week, and several ways they can help you.

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What does preparing for success look like? In this short video, a small team prepares to break a major barrier of human achievement; here's what it takes.

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Can we really plan to be lucky? He said, “Luck is the residue of design.”  Who was it, and what did he mean?  And more importantly, how can we put his idea to work so that the lucky breaks come when we roll the dice?  All that and more in this edition of Lines for […]

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How do we know when to change the plan? A casual remark by a friend last week got me thinking about the idea of flexibility and change.  As leaders, we choose the objectives and set the course.  But once we’re underway, how do we know if we should keep on keeping on, or if we […]

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How can we be sure our efforts will lead to goal achievement? Here’s a unique way one person answered this question, and what we can learn about how to make sure our own efforts result in the goal achievement we hope for. From Rockets to Darts Mark Rober is an engineer who used to work […]

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How do you know if your plan will work? Having a solid plan is one thing; knowing that it will work is something entirely different.  In the transition from idea on paper to success in the real world, refining the plan though testing is probably one of the smartest things we can do. And as […]

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