1: “Becoming a better leader (or a better person) is a process, not an event,” Marshall Goldsmith writes in What Got You Here Won’t Get You There.
Marshall is one of the top executive coaches in the world. Historically, the focus in executive development has been “an event—a training program, a motivational speech, or an intense executive retreat,” he observes.
The only problem with that approach? It doesn’t work. … continue reading
1: “Before speaking, I take a breath and ask myself one question: Is it worth it?”
That was the question Marshall Goldsmith’s client asked himself. As chief operating officer of a multi-billion dollar company, “his goal was to become a better listener and be perceived as a more open-minded boss,” Marshall Goldsmith writes in What Got You Here Won’t Get You There.
“I learned that 50 percent of what … continue reading
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 about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
Last year we achieved our long-term vision. So, this year we are rolling out a new long-term vision: To raise $1 Billion in contributions for our clients and … continue reading
That is an understandable question, writes FBI hostage negotiator Chris Voss in Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It.
The answer? Everything.
Because “life is negotiation,” he writes. “The majority of the interactions we have at work and at home are negotiations that boil down to the expression of a simple, animalistic urge: I want.
“I want to free the hostages,” may be relevant only … continue reading
1: The FBI had been put on notice. The U.S. deputy attorney general wanted answers on why the FBI’s hostage negotiation techniques were not working.
“After the fatally disastrous sieges of Randy Weaver’s Ruby Ridge farm in Idaho in 1992 and David Koresh‘s Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, in 1993,” writes Chris Voss in Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It, it … continue reading
1: It was the first day of Harvard Law School’s Winter Negotiation course.
It was “the Olympic trials for negotiating,” Chris Voss writes in Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It. “The best and brightest compete to get into this class, and it is filled with brilliant Harvard students getting law and business degrees and hotshot students from other top Boston universities like MIT … continue reading
1: “We’ve got your son, Voss. Give us one million dollars or he dies,” Chris Voss writes in Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It.
Chris was the FBI’s lead international kidnapping negotiator.
He paused and tried to catch his breath.
“I was intimidated,” he recalls. “I’d been in these types of situations before. Tons of them. Money for lives. But not like this. … continue reading
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 about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
1: Question: What do we do when we achieve our long-term vision?
Answer: It’s time to create a new one.
For the past 20 years, our long-term vision at PCI … continue reading
1: Theodore Roosevelt spent almost every day of his childhood fighting severe asthma.
“Despite his privileged birth, his life hung in a precarious balance—the attacks were an almost nightly near-death experience,” writes Ryan Holiday in The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph. “Tall, gangly, and frail, the slightest exertion would upset the entire balance and leave him bedridden for weeks.”
When he was twelve, … continue reading
1: What is the one strategy that is the most effective to overcome the seemingly endless problems that affect us as individuals and as a group?
Perseverance.
“Hold on and hold steady,” Ryan Holiday tells us in The Obstacle is the Way. “It works in good situations and in bad situations, dangerous situations and seemingly hopeless situations.”
Perseverance.
Odysseus leaves Troy for his home in Ithaca after ten long … continue reading
