When I think of Willie Nelson, I think about a national treasure. At 89, he is one of the most popular musical personalities in America and around the world. But Willie is also an example of a person who reinvented themselves—someone who is worth studying.
Superheroes have long been my fascination—as a child, that’s who I always wanted to grow up to be. Ever since I tied one of my Mom’s new towels around my neck and jumped off a dining room chair I’ve wanted to escape human limitations and
Many of you have read The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team, by Patrick Lencioni, a business book written in the form of a novel. The book is the best portrayal of a dysfunctional team and how they aligned themselves for success. The book is fictional, but
The power of “Hello”. Remember the old Beatle’s Song? “Goodbye, hello.” They recorded it way back in 1967:You say yes, I say noYou say stop, and I say go, go, goOh no, you say goodbye and I say hello. It doesn’t seem it would be
People argue about everything, but the biggest arguments I get into are with myself.Sometimes these arguments with myself are fairly calm, but they can get pretty intense, sometimes heated. I have at least two points of view within me always popping up in my mind,
Competition. We love it when two teams fight to win the championship. It’s not near as fun, though, to compete with another car for the last parking place in a lot that’s fun, with the person in the other car glaring at you as you
How Alignment Based Growthis Revolutionizing Organizations Alignment is the key factor in the success of every human endeavor. An aligned team scales mountains, wins sports championships and defeats superior armies. Alignment holds families together, is the basis of new invention, and makes nations great. Alignment
From the Great Resignationto the Great Regret “Should I stay or should I go?” That’s the question so many are asking in the Post-pandemic era, where we’re all searching for the “new normal.” These are the words Joe Strummer recorded on the hit song in
I don’t know about you, but I’ve always really admired the thorough–going optimists —and I have had the doggonedest time being one. I have friends who love to declare that they are optimists, but I see them biting their fingernails as much as I do.
Process Improvement and Total Quality Management Changed the World; Alignment-Based Growth Is the Next Global Wave In the late 1980’s, it was the plan of many American families to teach their children to speak Japanese. I think the other subtleties of bowing correctly and presenting
In what we’re calling the post-pandemic era, teams are functioning in whole new ways. A trickle of people are coming back to the office and some tell us they’re beginning to recreate the interactive culture they experienced before. Other organizations remain quite remote and don’t
Hi, Readers – This is a follow-up article to a Tuesday Report we ran in February entitled “Your Work is Your Worth? How Good at Your Job Do You Want to be?”https://delta-associates.com/your-work-as-your-worth-how-good-do-yowant-to-be-at-your-job We are exploring what the meaning of work is in people’s lives today. This
