by Shawn Temple | Leadership
I recently read “The Infinite Game” by Simon Sinek. Great book. I highly recommend it. It certainly fits nicely into this idea that I’m so passionate about: helping organizations succeed by getting healthier through trust, clarity, alignment and...
by Shawn Temple | Culture
Organizational clarity, or lack thereof, is sometimes easier to recognize in another organization than our own. Remember the dramatic television series, “The West Wing”? What a great show, though, and full of leadership and life lessons. It...
by Shawn Temple | Employee Experience
If you’re one of the many executives wondering how to align your organization in the new working environment, you’re not alone. Work has changed. COVID didn’t start the change, but there’s no doubt it accelerated it. Some companies have decided they will...
by Shawn Temple | Strategy
A Barn Swallow is a little bird found abundantly across North America…and it has a strategic focus unlike any other. It’s recognizable by it’s cobalt blue and orangey-gold color, it’s long, forked tail unique to the swallow family and the annoying habit they...
by Shawn Temple | Culture
I recently witnessed one of the best examples of organizational clarity and alignment on a week-long cruise to the Eastern Caribbean. Subsequently, it only affirmed my belief that I should change my residence to somewhere in the tropics. The cruise was fun, the ship...
by Shawn Temple | Leadership
When it comes to visionary leadership, they say “sight” is seeing the seeds in the apple, while “vision” is seeing the apples in the seeds. In Simon Sinek’s book, The Infinite Game, he talks about how critical it is for leaders to play the game (leading a...
by Shawn Temple | Leadership
For many of us, those three words put an iconic song in our heads that will hang around for at least a week. Michael Jackson’s 1979 single “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” is as catchy today as it was when it was released over four decades ago (even as I type this…it...
by Shawn Temple | Leadership
The Brooklyn Nets were a heavy favorite to win it all in the NBA playoffs this year. Emphasis on “were.” They’re currently sitting at home and have been since they lost to the Boston Celtics during the first playoff round in late April. On the surface, it...
