Dr. Michael Traugott 1. The Election: Special Edition of Leaders Connect with Dr. Michael Traugott At no time in my life can I recall a time when people are so passionately engaged in an election. As we approach November 3rd, every day seems to bring new twists and turns. Almost everyone I know is trying to do what they can to support their candidate. In that spirit, I have invited to be our guest this Friday morning at the Zoom …
In trying to remain upbeat during the covid era, I continue to write and create. In that spirit, I have had the pleasure to work with Annie Wolock of Keystone Media to redesign and re-focus my website. Annie’s insightful questions have stimulated my thinking about the process of describing the services that best meet the needs of my clients. I realize just how much I enjoy understanding and helping my coaching clients and sharing the tremendous resources available in the Leaders Connect Community. Through …
Professor Len Middleton teaches strategy at the Ross Business School at the University of Michigan. We were honored to have him present last week at Rob Pasick’s Leaders Connect on “Reinventing your Organization Amid a Crisis”. Please click HERE for a video of the presentation which includes Len’s slides. Based on Len’s ideas, I will be starting a Leaders Connect group to help leaders reinvent themselves at this time of rapid change. See below for more information. Here is a …
In my work as a psychologist with hundreds of organizations, I have found that almost all have at least one of the five blindspots which Rich Berens describes in his book, ”What Are Your Blindspots?”. The five blindspots are: purpose, story, engagement , trust, and truth. Last week at Leaders Connect Detroit , Rich gave a powerful, interactive presentation on how to identify blind spots in your organization. I provide you a link to this excellent conversation and a detailed overview of …
Last Wednesday night, September 9th, I came across a National Geographic special which was a reenactment of the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. I thought to myself that it was unusual that in 2020 not much had been made of the anniversary of this powerful event, a day I thought would always live in infamy. I realized in 2020, with a combination of COVID, racial tensions, the presidential election, and the environmentally devastating fires in the west, …
“Everybody in, Nobody Out” is the name of the book Ken Fischer has written about his 30 plus years leading the University of Michigan Musical Society. The title is perfect for his book because this is how Ken lives his life. He thinks of ways to include people in leading his organization. He feels bad when somebody is left out. Ken is always searching for ways to help people achieve their very best and he believes in those people. Often, the way …