Esther Choy was one of six admissions officers at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, one of the top MBA programs in the country (currently ranked third in the US News rankings).
“Like all top schools, the University of Chicago’s MBA program had far more well-qualified applicants than available seats,” Esther writes in Let the Story Do the Work: The Art of Storytelling for Business Success. … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something we are doing at PCI in our quest to earn a spot on Fortune magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For.
The last several Fridays, we’ve been exploring PCI’s “New Frontiers” theme for 2022.  “Dream Big” is the first action required … continue reading
Is there a magic formula for creating chemistry during a meeting, event, or conference?
The short answer? No. And, yes, Priya Parker writes in The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters.
We start by getting crystal clear on the event’s purpose . Next up: Who and how many to invite.
“It’s not scientific. And yet the size of a gathering shapes what you will get … continue reading
1: In May 2014, when Dean Baquet took over as the executive editor of The New York Times, he inherited an almost seventy-year-old tradition that no longer satisfied the needs of the newsroom or the newspaper’s readers.
The “Page One” meeting at The Times had achieved legendary status through the years. It’s been called one of the most consequential meetings on earth. Starting in 1946, each day, the paper’s … continue reading
1: How might we re-imagine how our courts work?
That’s precisely what the Red Hook Community Justice Center, located in Brooklyn, New York, set out to do. “Founded in 2000, in the wake of a crisis, in a neighborhood struggling with poverty and crime, the center wanted to change the relationship between the community and law enforcement,” Priya Parker writes in The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why … continue reading
1: Life is about relationships. Â
We spend our personal and professional lives gathering with others. “And we spend much of that time in uninspiring, underwhelming moments that fail to capture us, change us in any way, or connect us to one another,” Priya Parker writes in The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters.
“Gathering—the conscious bringing together of people for a reason—shapes the … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something we are doing at PCI in our quest to earn a spot on Fortune magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For.
During our 2022 kickoff meeting, I shared with all our associates our 2022 theme for PCI: New Frontiers, which … continue reading
Reactive leaders focus on protecting their egos by being overly controlling. Or by being overly compliant.
“In the protecting dimension, leaders take ‘flight’ by ‘moving away’ from others,” Dr. Danny Friedland writes in Leading Well from Within. “These leaders can appear inaccessible, aloof, emotionally distant, and uncaring. At the same time, they can also fight to prove self-worth with arrogance, intellectual domination, cynicism, and being highly judgmental and critical … continue reading
1: “Fight or flight” or “Pause and plan”?
As leaders and in life, how we show up is a factor of which part of the brain we are accessing, writes Dr. Daniel Friedland in Leading Well from Within.  Yesterday, we explored how when we are threatened or overwhelmed, the limbic system and other survival-oriented regions of our brain spring into action.
“When I get stressed and reactive, my … continue reading
1: Are we showing up as high-performance leaders? Or low-performance leaders?
The answer, according to Dr. Danny Friedland, has to do with which part of the brain we are accessing.
“The state of reactivity associated with low-performance leadership generally includes the more reflexive and inflexible patterns of behavior influenced by the lower, survival-oriented regions of the brain, which are focused on self-preservation or self-gain,” he writes in Leading Well from … continue reading
