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Are You Addicted to Struggle?

While it isn’t easy to admit, I can see how my own addiction to struggling has actually and somewhat ironically created more struggle in my life. How about you…are you addicted to struggle?  Many of us have resistance to allowing things to come easy. Here are some of the main “reasons” and beliefs we tend […]

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The Important Difference Between Self-Righteousness and Conviction

Self-righteousness can sometimes be hard for us to fully understand and own up to. Many of us are quite opinionated and will happily share our thoughts openly. The issue isn’t with our opinions or even our willingness to express them passionately; it’s the self-righteousness with which we hold our opinions that can be problematic. When […]

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The Challenge and Importance of Self-Care

It is so important for us to take care of ourselves physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually…especially these days.  Although we know this, it’s much easier said than done, isn’t it?  If you had told me a few years ago that I’d be spending so much time at home over the past two years, not traveling […]

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7 Musts When Engaging in Healthy Conflict

The ability for you and your team to effectively engage in conflict may not be all that easy or fun, but it’s fundamental to your performance, both individually and collectively. As important as engaging in conflict is to the culture and performance of your team, there are both healthy and unhealthy ways of doing it. […]

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Care About and Challenge Each Other – The Two Keys to Team Performance

I’ve been a part of lots of teams, in sports and business, and over the past 20 years I’ve had a chance to work with many high-performing teams, at companies like Google, Wells Fargo, Microsoft, Schwab, eBay, and others. I’ve also studied the core elements of team achievement. Through all of my experience and research, […]

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Are We Really All in This Together?

A lot has happened in the past few years since my book, We’re All in This Together: Creating a Team Culture of High Performance, Trust, and Belonging, was first published in the spring of 2020. I completed the manuscript for this book (which was just released this week in paperback) at the end of 2019. […]

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The Importance of Embracing Sweaty-Palmed Conversations

A mentor of mine said something to me years ago that I think about and reference often… “Mike, you know what stands between you and the kind of relationships you really want to have with people? It’s probably a 10-minute, sweaty-palmed conversation you’re too afraid to have. If you get good at those 10-minute, sweaty-palmed […]

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Four Keys to Creating a Team Culture of High Performance, Trust and Belonging

Creating a strong team culture of high performance, trust, and belonging is essential to success, although it can be incredibly challenging to do, especially these days. When I was working on my latest book a few years ago, We’re All in This Together (which is just about to come out in paperback), I had no […]

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How to Balance Foundation and Vision

Having both a strong foundation and a strong vision is essential for growth—whether it’s for a team, relationship, business, or anything else. In order to thrive, we need both of these things, but finding a balance between the two can be challenging, especially these days. It’s so easy to get caught up in the day-to-day […]

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Is Self-Righteousness Preventing People From Listening to You?

How does it feel when people don’t listen to you? If you’re anything like me, it probably bugs you quite a bit. One of the reasons people may not be listening to us has to do with our self-righteousness, whether we’re aware of it or not. As someone who has studied, written, and spoken about […]

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