by Alan Briggs | Oct 22, 2019 | Family
We’ve all experienced it. You let the adrenaline down for a bit and you find your eyelids sinking low. You have a decision; to nap or not to nap. Naps get a bad wrap in our culture. We hustle hard and hear the mantra “work harder!” running through...
by Alan Briggs | Oct 16, 2019 | Leadership
“We’re not in the leadership business; we’re in the freedom business,” I tell people this every week over a steaming mug of coffee or through my laptop on a Zoom call. We coach leaders (but we intentionally use the term loosely) in completely different...
by Alan Briggs | Oct 9, 2019 | Leadership
In 1927 twenty-nine physicists convened in Brussels. Einstein, Marie Curie, Heisenberg were among the crew. Seventeen of the people in this photo received the Nobel prize after this gathering. Seventeen! Seth Godin says this, “They didn’t get invited because...
by Alan Briggs | Sep 19, 2019 | Leadership
Urgency is everywhere; texts, emails, social media notifications, work emergencies, and new projects. It’s even worse for leaders. The more you lead over the more urgent items will come to you. So you’ll need to be even more disciplined to pursue what is...
by Alan Briggs | Sep 10, 2019 | Archive
You take a seat in a new stylist’s chair. She puts the cape around your neck, gets your cutting instructions and makes some small talk. The awkward conversation has begun, but it’s about to move from awkward to painful when she asks the dreaded question, “So, what do...
