My job is to help people achieve positive, lasting change in behavior. How do I deal with people who have no desire to change? don't. Have you ever tried to change the behavior of an adult who had absolutely no interest in changing? How much luck did you have with your attempts at this 'religious conversion'? How did that work out for you? MORE >>

I was recently teaching in a seminar for MBA students at the University of California at Berkeley's Haas School of Business. young second-year student seemed anxious to talk with me. He finally asked: "I have read your book, What Got You Here Won't Get You There. In the book you talk about classic challenges faced by your clients. You are human. MORE >>

Two lawyers are sitting at a bar at Spark’s Steakhouse in New York City. Don’t worry; this isn’t a lawyer joke.) One of them is my friend Tom, and the other is his law partner, Dave. They’re having drinks as they wait for a table to open. On this particular night, one of the elites in attendance is superstar attorney David Boies, who the U.S. MORE >>

“The great majority of people tend to focus downward. They are occupied with efforts rather than results. They worry over what the organization and their superiors ‘owe’ them and should do for them. And they are conscious above all of the authority they ‘should have’. As a result they render themselves ineffectual”. We also become happier! MORE >>

What prevents us from making the changes we know will make us more effective leaders? Great question. may be the only executive educator who actually measures whether the participants in my leadership development courses actually do what I teach--and then measures if they are seen as becoming more effective leaders. am not ashamed of these numbers. MORE >>