by Franklin Wordsmith | Mar 15, 2022 | Leadership
Three Lessons to Make You a Better Leader and Player I auditioned for a community theater musical on a lark. The writer/director heard me sing and encouraged me to try out. “All you have to do is bring some sheet music,” he said. “You don’t understand. I...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Feb 1, 2021 | Leadership
Using Improvement and Decision Rights The board of a large professional association was struggling with transparency. The directors asked me to do a workshop on how to have difficult conversations. Here was their issue. Over the last few years, the board had moved...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Jan 7, 2020 | Culture, Neuroscience
It’s one of our biggest fears as leaders. We look at our people and see troubling behaviors:They forget what we tell themThey are more anxious and stressedThey aren’t coming up with creative ideas to solve problems or identify new opportunitiesTheir...
